Evil and Suffering

Question 1

What is moral evil?

Answer 1

Peoples’ behaviour which is deliberately cruel

Question 2

What is natural evil?

Answer 2

Natural events which harm or kill people but are not caused by humans

Question 3

What is a sacrament?

Answer 3

A moment of God’s love being poured into a person

Question 4

What positive effects can the Anointing of the Sick give? (give 3)

Answer 4

-comfort
-acceptance
-courage
-hope

Question 5

What is the name of the place that terminally ill patients are given care?

Answer 5

A hospice

Question 6

Give some reasons for why evil and suffering exists (give 3)

Answer 6

-Adam and Eve ate the apple
-God is testing us
-We are all human so it is natural to sin and be evil
-Freewill
-it helps us feel close to Jesus

Question 7

What did St Maximillian Kolbe do?

Answer 7

He volunteered to die in place of a stranger in Auschwitz

Question 8

Who is St Maximillian Kolbe?

Answer 8

A Polish Catholic priest who is a matyr

Question 9

What is evil?

Answer 9

The committing of harmful deeds

Question 10

What is euthanasia?

Answer 10

Ending the life of someone who is suffering with the aim of preventing more suffering

Question 11

What is voluntary euthanasia?

Answer 11

When the person asks someone to help them die

Question 12

What is another name for voluntary euthanasia?

Answer 12

Assisted suicide

Question 13

What is involuntary euthanasia?

Answer 13

When others decide that it would be best for a persons life to end as they cannot make the decision for themselves

Question 14

What is passive euthanasia?

Answer 14

Withdrawing medical treatment with the intention of ending someone’s life

Question 15

What is active euthanasia?

Answer 15

Taking action that brings about death

Question 16

Give 4 arguments for euthanasia

Answer 16

-they want their wishes to be respected
-everyone has the right to decide how they die
-it can quickly end a patient’s suffering
-it enables a person to die with dignity

Question 17

Give 4 arguments against euthanasia

Answer 17

-meaning can always be found in life
-people may feel like they are a nuisance to others when they aren’t
-there would be no possibility for future opportunities
-there are many pain-killing drugs that can help the patient with their suffering

Question 18

What is a genocide?

Answer 18

the deliberate killing of a large group of people of a particular nation or ethnic group