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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
The Buddhist ethical commitment to refrain from taking what is not freely given.
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Paper 1
Revise: Buddhist and Non-Religious Environmental ResponsibilityThe Second Precept teaches Buddhists not to take what is not freely given. Its basic meaning concerns theft, but an environmental interpretation extends it to the misuse of the earth's resources. Taking excessively can deprive others, including future generations, of what they need.
Link a teaching to an environmental choice and explain why: for example, the Second Precept can encourage restraint in using resources because it forbids taking what is not freely given.
Distinguish Right Action, which is part of the Noble Eightfold Path, from the Second Precept, which is one of the Five Precepts.
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