Chapter 19: Ethics, Religion, and Sexuality

Question 1

asceticism

Answer 1

holds that there is more to life than it’s material aspects, which must be transcended to achieve true humanity

Question 2

legalism

Answer 2

concerend with following a moral law, or set of principles, which comes from a source oustide the individual

Question 3

pederasty

Answer 3

sexual relationship between an older man and a younger one

Question 4

platonic love

Answer 4

ssexless affection

Question 5

ataraxia

Answer 5

tranquil state between please and pain in which the mind is unaffected by emotion

Question 6

fertility cult

Answer 6

a pagan religious system of some agricultural societies in which seasonal rites are performed with the aim of ensuring good harvests and the future well-being of the community.

Question 7

moralism

Answer 7

clear and objective standard of right and wrong in a society

Question 8

pluralism

Answer 8

a condition or system in which two or more states, groups, principles, sources of authority, etc., coexist.

Question 9

assisted reproductive technology meaning

Answer 9

Assisted reproductive technology (ART) is used to treat infertility. It includes fertility treatments that handle both eggs and sperm. It works by removing eggs from the ovaries. The eggs are then mixed with sperm to make embryos. The embryos are then put back in the parent’s body.

Question 10

somatic cell nuclear transfer

Answer 10

somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), technique in which the nucleus of a somatic (body) cell is transferred to the cytoplasm of an enucleated egg (an egg that has had its own nucleus removed)

Question 11

therapeutic cloning

Answer 11

What is therapeutic cloning? Therapeutic cloning involves creating a cloned embryo for the sole purpose of producing embryonic stem cells with the same DNA as the donor cell. These stem cells can be used in experiments aimed at understanding disease and developing new treatments for disease.