Locke / Important Vocabulary Week 8
.docxCultural & Ethical Values: Vocabulary week 8: Locke
Word + Part of speech (grammar) |
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Right/Rights (n) |
Something you are morally or legally allowed to do, receive or have (e.g. it is your right to receive a student discount when buying a bus ticket).
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Duty (n)
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What you or someone else has to do (e.g. it is your teacher’s duty to give you feedback on your assignments).
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Property (n)
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Objects/things that belong to someone or an organisation. |
Acquire (v)
Acquisition (n)
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To come into possession or ownership of something. The noun (n) for acquire is ‘acquisition’.
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Justify (v)
Justification (n)
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To show or prove something is correct (e.g. in your essay, you will have to justify your arguments). The noun (n) form is ‘justification’.
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Revolution (n)
Revolt (v)
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An overthrow and replacement of an established government or sovereign by the people governed.
Revolt means to break away from an authority. |
Less dire (adj)
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Not as dreadful or terrible as previously thought. Basically, it means ‘not as bad’ (e.g. Locke’s concept of the state of nature was less dire than Hobbe’s).
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[Moral] conscience (n)
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The inner belief of what is right and wrong. |
Instantiate (v)
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To provide an instance (i.e. an example) of a theory, claim, or argument.
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Epistemology (n)
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The study of knowledge. |