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Issues of Life and Death Flashcards

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Whats a literalist?

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Takes bible more literally
Strict conservative
Believe the earth was created 4004 BC
Not environmentally concerned, believe God will save the Earth

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What is a liberalist?

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Bible needs to be interpreted

Not necessarily word of god

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What is a Steward?

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A steward is someone who looks after something on behalf of someone else

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What is Stewardship?

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Christian Stewardship is looking after the planet for God and future generations.
Man given the task and responsibility of managing and caring for the creation on Gods behalf

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What can people do as stewardship?

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Recycle
Public Transport
Solar Panels
Wind farms

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What are literalist and liberalist Christian attitudes towards Stewardship

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They believe life is a gift from God
God has given humans the role of stewards in the world
Literalists - God created humans to rule over nature and therefore we have the right to utilise the worlds natural resources
Liberalists - Believe we should be stewards of earth rather than exploiters
We have a responsibility towards environment

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What are the literalist christian views on creation?

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Earth created in 6 days, less than 10,000 years ago

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What are the liberalist christian views on creation?

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God created the world but it must have happened millions of years ago, seven days creation refer to long eras of time rather than 24 hour periods.

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What do humanists think about stewardship?

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Thinking based on reasoning and evidence, responsibility to work for more sustainable world, But believe this cause it makes sense not because God has placed us here for that purpose

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What are Roman Catholic teachings on abortion?

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Wrong in all circumstances
Breaks 6th commandment ‘thou shalt not murder’
Genesis 1 ‘made in the image of God’ - sanctity of life
Old Testament ‘causing a pregnant women to miscarry is a crime’
Double effect
Hate the sin love the sinner

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What is the ‘double effect’?

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Abortion is wrong but maybe necessary if the mothers life is in danger - baby dies mother survives

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What are the Church of Englands teachings on abortion?

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Combines strong opposition with a recognition that there can be strictly limited conditions where ‘it may be morally preferable to any available alternative’
ie. danger to mother’s life, rape, severe disability, born into extreme poverty

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When does life begin?

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Everyone has different opinion
Conception - religious people, soul is present
Foetus - heartbeat
12 weeks - the quickening - baby kicks
24 weeks - Point of viability, baby can now survive out if womb - abortion now not allowed
40 weeks - Baby is born

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When was abortion legalised in the UK and why?

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1967 - women dying in unsafe and unhygienic backstreet abortions

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Euthanasia:

Reasons for

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A persons life is their own, you should have control over your death
A way of loving your neighbour
Pain and sickness rob you of your dignity
Pointless using up expensive medical service for people who are dying anyway
Eases burden on others

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Euthanasia:

Reasons against

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Life is a gift from God - Only he can give or take it away
Palliative care prepares people for peaceful death
People may feel pressured into euthanasia by feeling a nuisance
People may recover and live

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What is euthanasia?

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When a decision is made to terminate the life of a dying or suffering person

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Where is euthanasia legal?

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Switzerland
Holland
Belgium
Oregan - US State

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What is voluntary euthanasia?

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Person chooses or is able to choose

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What is involuntary euthanasia?

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Coma, persistent vegetative state - brain dead

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What is passive euthanasia?

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Allowing nature to take its course e.g. turning off life support

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What is Active euthanasia?

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Actively ending a persons life e.g. administering poison

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What is assisted euthanasia?

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Helping someone to take their own life e.g. Giving someone pills that will end their life

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What is palliative care?

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Caring for people by controlling their pain through drug treatments and personal support

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Why do people need palliative care?

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Mental Illness
Disability
Terminally ill

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Whats a hospice?

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A place which provides all the medical and emotional facilities needed to ease a dying patient

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What does the church teach about euthanasia and palliative care?

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Euthanasia is in no circumstances ok and palliative care is the only acceptable alternative to euthanasia

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What is the Afterlife?

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Life after death; the belief that existence continues after physical death

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Whats environmental sustainability?

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Ensuring that the demands placed on natural resources can be met without reducing capacity to allow all people, species and plant life, to live well, now and in the future

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What is evolution?

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The process by which different creatures living are believed to have developed from earlier less complex forms during the history of the earth. This is called ‘Natural Selection’

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What is abortion?

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When a pregnancy is ended so that it does not result in the birth of a child

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What is ‘quality of life’?

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The extent to which life is meaningful and pleasurable

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What is ‘the sanctity of life’?

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The belief that life is precious, or sacred. For many religious believers, only human life holds this special status

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What is the soul?

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The spiritual aspect of a being; that which connects someone to God. The soul is often regarded as non-physical and as living. on after physical death, in an afterlife

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What is the slippery slope argument?

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That the acceptance of certain practices will invariably lead to the acceptance or practice of concepts which are currently deemed unacceptable. To prevent this we need to resist taking the first step

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