Ethics Flashcards
What is euthanasia?
Killing someone painlessly and with compassion to end their suffering.
What is active euthanasia?
Active euthanasia is when someone actively does something to help someone to end their own life when they are unable to do it themselves.
What is passive euthanasia?
Passive euthanasia is when a doctor withholds medical treatments and necessitates from a patient because they aren’t going to get better, in order to kill them quicker.
Who is Tony bland?
An 18 year old boy who was crushed at the Liverpool match in 1989. He was in a coma but had no possibility to recover. It was costing around £2000 a day to keep him alive and his family wanted him to die. He lived for 9 days after being taken of life support and ultimately starved to death.
What is abortion?
Abortion is the removal of a foetus from a womb to end a pregnancy.
What is the last chance to get an abortion in the uk?
24 weeks.
In what circumstances are abortions allowed?
-if the birth or pregnancy poses a risk to the mental or physical well being of the mother or the existing children.
-if the child will be handicapped at birth.
The 24 week rule can be ignored when…
There is a serious risk to the mother’s health or the baby will be seriously handicapped.
What is pro-choice?
Women should be able to choose what to do with their own body.
What is pro-life?
Babies that are unborn deserve the same rights as adults, abortion is wrong.
What Christian teachings disagree with abortion?
-sanctity of life: every life is important.
-you shouldn’t ’play God’: you shouldn’t decide whether someone lives or not.
-‘I knit you in your mother’s womb’: God makes us perfectly.
What Christian teachings agree with abortion?
-sanctity of life: the mothers life is valuable.
-love thy neighbour: it’s not loving to let the baby or mum suffer.
What Buddhist teachings are against abortion?
-ahimsa: no killing/ harm
-5 moral precepts: no killing
-karma: natural consequences if you kill an unborn baby.
What Buddhist teachings allow abortion?
-ahimsa: it is causing the mother harm to have the baby
-karma: natural consequences to let the mum or baby suffer
-metta: its loving to help them.
What are 3 examples of animal testing?
-makeup
-vaccine
-perfumes
What is stewardship?
Care and compassion to animals.
What is dominion?
Control and use of animals.
What quote shows Christian dominion?
‘You are appointed rulers over everything God made,’ - Psalm 8:6
What rules do Buddhists have to follow to eat meat?
-the animal is not killed just for you.
-you do not hear the animal die.
-you don’t see the animal die.
What days do Christian’s not eat meat?
Friday.
What do Buddhists believe about harming animals?
That all sentient beings have the Buddha-nature and therefore should not be harmed.
What do Buddhists believe about protecting the environment?
-dependant arising- everything is linked- trees give us 02 and we give them CO2 in return.
-tree hugging ceremony
-cutting a tree gives you bad karma.
-the world provides the perfect conditions for enlightenment.
What do Christian’s believe about protecting the environment?
-awe and wonder: God gave us this beautiful world, it should be sustained as it provides life.
What does slakhp stand for?
S-sanctity of life
L-love thy neighbour
A-ahimsa
K-karma
H-he will judge
P-precepts
