Year 11 - Religious education
Considering contested issues around freedom of religion or belief
Freedom: How far should governments go to protect freedom of religion or belief?
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Unit Summary
This unit is an opportunitiy to be aware of Freedom of Religion or Belief as a Human Right as articulated in Human Rights frameworks. Pupil will look at a historical case study to better understand how these rights may be protected or violated. They will apply their learning to modern case studies.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to make an informed judgement on a contested issue relating to freedom of religion or belief.
Key Notes
- There may sometimes be tensions between rights associated with religion and belief and other human rights.
- In contested situations, it is important to gather evience of possible infrigements or rights violations.
- Rights may need to be balanced against each other and there may ultimately be trade-offs between different rights.
- Coming to an informed judgment means weighing up the evidence and using this to make a decision.
Vocabulary To Learn
- balanced/balancing: the process of weighing one right against another to decide how far each should be protected in a particular situation
- competing: when two or more rights, interests, or freedoms conflict with each other
- violated/violation: human rights violations occur when fundamental freedoms and rights are disregarded, restricted, or denied
- infringement: the act of violating, limiting, or interfering with a person's rights or freedoms
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- It is always possible to have situations where all rights can be considered equally.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
There may sometimes be tensions between rights associated with religion and belief and other human rights. In contested situations, it is important to gather evience of possible infrigements or rights violations.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'balanced/balancing'
the process of weighing one right against another to decide how far each should be protected in a particular situation.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: It is always possible to have situations where all rights can be considered equally. Correction: There are situations where rights compete and may involve trade-offs between competing rights.
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