Everything dumbed down for me Flashcards
Absolutist
Everything is Black and white
Reletivist
judges a situation knowing the full picture
Utilitarianism
Maximizes happiness for the most amount of people
Divine command theory
follows the word of god
Ahimsa
The prevention of harm by accident or on purpose to anything with a soul- leads to good karma
Also non violent protest to a spesific evil
The sanctity of life
Human life is valuable and we are commanded by god “thou shall not kill” & Adam and Eve were made in the image of God so no abortions
The lesser if two evils
Encourage pregnancy unless following through would cause greater harm than not doing so (Anglican)
Until when is abortion legal
24 weeks
What is euthanasia
The painless killing of someone terminally ill or irrevocably injured
Types of euthanasia
Passive- withdrawing life support
Active: (illegal in UK)
-patient asking to go
-the forced end of someones life- sometimes too ill to request but in their best interests
Quotes/ anecdotes for euthanasia
“blessed are the merciful
Tony Bland was crushed at Liverpool game- barely alive from 1989 to 1993 passive euthanasia allowed
Drugs are god given
Quotes against euthanasia
‘Thou shall not murder’
Interfering with gods plan
Suffering brings them closer to god
Only god has the right to take a life
Value of the Environment- Islam
Muslims reluctant to bow down to western ideologies
Humans are earths guardians
‘greater than the creation of man is the creation of heaven and earth’ over 200 verses
Meant to be very sympathetic toward animals
Value of the environment- Christianity
pope was involved in COP-26 and he said that the earth is:
‘the greatest resource that God has given to us and is at our disposal not to be disfigured, exploited and degraded’
Stewardship
Serving the world on gods behalf
