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