Life And Death Key Concepts

Question 1

Abortion

Answer 1

Pregnancy is ended by the removal of the fetus from the womb, so that it does not result in the birth of a child

Question 2

Afterlife

Answer 2

life after death of belief that existence continues after physical death

Question 3

Environmental responsibility

Answer 3

The duty upon human beings to respect care for and preserve the natural environment, crucial to environmental responsibility is the idea of sustainability

Question 4

Euthanasia

Answer 4

The act of killing, a person, either directly or indirectly, because a decision has been reached that death would be the best option

Question 5

Evolution

Answer 5

The process by which different living creatures are believed to have developed from earlier less complex forms during the history of the earth

Question 6

Quality of life

Answer 6

The extent to which life is meaning and pleasurable

Question 7

Sanctity of life

Answer 7

The belief that life is precious or sacred, because humans are made in God image for many religious believers only human life holds this special status

Question 8

Soul

Answer 8

Spiritual aspect of being which connects someone to god. The soul is often regarded as non-physical and as living on after physical death in an afterlife