Moral conduct
What Moral conduct means in Religious Studies GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
Ethics (sila), one part of the Threefold Way, encompassing right speech, action and livelihood.
Daily moral choices influenced, for an individual, by belief in karma.
Topics that use Moral conduct
- Hinduism (AQA GCSE)
- Key Beliefs (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Anatta (No-self)
- Arhat
- Arhat and Bodhisattva
- Asceticism
- Beliefs and practices
- Bodhisattva
- British cultural context
- Buddha-nature
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