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Ethics Life and Death Flashcards

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theocentric perspective

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the world was created by God or a divine being

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empirical

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something that is verifiable by facts or evidence

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intelligent design theory

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-world is too complex to be designed by chance
- must have a cause
- divine being or creator
- william paley watch analogy

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Theory of evolution

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-natural world is well designed
- design is deliberate
- Richard Dawkins
-Theory of Evolution, natural selection
- efficient design- evolved over many years

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Stewardship- Liberal Christians

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-believe in stewardship
- responsibility for the planet
- respect all living things
- created by God
‘ To cultivate and care for it’ - Genesis 2:15

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Stewardship- Evangelical Christians

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  • believe in dominion
    -right to rule
    -power over all other creatures
    -no duty to care for the world
    ‘ Rule over (…) every living creature’ - Genesis 1:28
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Stewardship- Judaism

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-believe in stewardship
- responsibility for the world
- respect/devotion- children future world
- G-d present in nature
- G-d as a judge

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Stewardship- Humanism

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-agree with stewardship
-reject ideas of supernatural beings
- believe it because it makes sense

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Factors affecting Quality of Life

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  • health
    -money
    -communicate
    -free will
    -stability
    -reason for yourself
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Sanctity of Life- Christians

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’ Jesus tended to the leper’ - all life is worthy of respect
‘Before i formed you in thr womb i knew you’ God knows us before we are born, he chooses when life begins
‘He himself gives life and breath to everything’ Sacred - made by God

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Sanctity of Life - Jews

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Pikuach Nefesh- human life’s value surpasses the law and should take priority
‘ So God created mankind in his own image’ (imago dei) - protected as we are made in god’s image

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Sanctity of Life- Humanists

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Human life is important but not sacred
not created by God

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Abortion- Case studies 1

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Savita Halappanavar
Miscarried- requested abortion
denied , as heartbeat present
died to organ failure days later

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Abortion- Case studies 2

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Gianna Jessen
survived 3rd trimester abortion
born with cerebral palsy
‘ If abortion is about a woman’s right, what are my rights?’

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Abortion- Christians

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Catholics:
-forbidden entirely
-against 10 commandments
-life is a gift, should be protected
C of E:
-allow ‘QoL’ and rape reasons
- believe law is too ‘liberal’
- all life is precious

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Abortion- Jews

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Orthodox:
-only permitted for mothers’ life
-life is a gift, should be protected
-Insist on priority of mother’s life
Reform:
-situation ethics
- rape and incest cases
- pikuach nefesh

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Abortion- Humanists

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-situation ethics
- liberal, pro choice
- morally acceptable
- long + short term effects

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The Soul- Christians

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-Inner part of our being
- personality/ individuality
- lives eternally
- indistinguishable from body
- DUALISTS

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The Soul- Jews

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-fragment of G-d
-life, identity, personality
- cannot be separated
- breath is symbol of a soul
-DUALISTS

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The Soul- Humanists

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-reject ideas of a soul
-physical beings- decompose
- no eternal part of us
- no God = No Soul
- MATERIALISTS

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Active Euthanasia

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When a person intentionally ends their life

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Passive Euthanasia

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Withdrawing medical support

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Involuntary Euthanasia

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death is forced, recipient can’t consent

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Voluntary Euthanasia

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A person consents to die

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Living Wills

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  • legal document
    -outlines recipients wishes
  • instructs doctors on how to act

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Peter Singer - Euthanasia

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  • morally acceptable
  • not legal= harms more people
    -legal=harms less people
    -quality of life > sanctity of life
  • its utalitarian
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Euthanasia- Christians

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-suffering has a purpose
- against 10 commandments
- withhold treatment that prolongs illness
‘ Doctrine of double effect’
- Life is a gift from God - precious
- accept passive if recipient proven dead

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Euthanasia - Jews

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-should not prolong suffering
- no artificially extended life
- wrong to shorten life
-Pikuach Nefesh
-Life is a gift from G-d
- accept passive if recipient proven dead

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Euthanasia- Humanists

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-want to legalize assisted dying
- should not be limited to terminally ill people
- die with dignity
- don’t believe in pointless suffering

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Hospices

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  • offer palliative care
  • support people in final moments
  • Christians support hospices
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Pro Euthanasia

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  • Utilitarian
  • Controlled with proper regulation
  • Death isn’t a bad thing
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Anti Euthanasia

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-devalue life
-pressure on vulnerable
-slippery slope
-sanctity of life

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Christian Life after Death

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  • Heaven is true home
  • Heaven is paradise
  • Hell is a place of torment
    ‘ Sown perishable, raised imperishable’
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Christian Judgement

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  • God judges all
  • parable of sheep and goats
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Christian Funerals

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  • last rites before death
  • held in church
  • candles= light of Christ
    ‘i am the resurrection(…) never die’
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Jewish Life after Death

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  • non dualism
  • gan eden , gehenna
  • ressurection
  • olam ha’ba
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Jewish Judgement

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-G-d will judge actions
- rosh hashanah - judgement day not needed
‘ G-d will bring every dead into judgement’

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Jewish Funerals

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  • recite shema as they die
  • mourners tear clothes - kriah
  • funeral soon after death
  • burial not cremation to allow resurrection
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Humanist Life after Death

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  • no afterlife
  • no soul
  • no judge
  • no heaven/hell
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Humanist Judgement

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  • make the most of existence
  • this shows compassion
  • moral beings
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Humanist Funerals

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  • informal, personal ceremony
  • show respect for person
  • no reference to God
  • burial or cremation

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