Life And Death Flashcards
Providing a seriously ill person with the means to comment suicide
Assisted suicide
The painless killing of someone dying of a painful disease
Euthanasia
The idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body
Immortality of the soul
When someone about to die has a out of body experience
Near death experience
Ending someone’s life painlessly when they are unable to ask, but you have a good reason for thinking they would want you to do so
Non voluntary euthanasia
Unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes eg ghosts
Paranormal
The idea that life must have some benefits for it to be worth living
Quality of life
The belief that, after death, souls are reborn in a new body
Reincarnation
The belief that, after death, the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised
Resurrection
The belief that like is holy and belongs to God
Sanctity of life
Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death
Voluntary eithanasia
The removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive
Abortion
