Matters Of Life And Death 2

Question 0

Assisted suicide

Answer 0

Providing a terminally ill person with the means to commit suicide

Question 1

Abortion

Answer 1

The removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive

Question 2

Euthanasia

Answer 2

The painless killing of someone dying of a terminal disease

Question 3

Immortality of the soul

Answer 3

The idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body

Question 4

Near-death experience

Answer 4

When somebody about to die has an out of body experience

Question 5

Non-voluntary euthanasia

Answer 5

Ending someone’s life painlessly when they are unable to ask, but you have good reason for thinking they would want you to do so - e.g. switching off a life support machine

Question 6

Paranormal

Answer 6

Unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes - e.g. ghosts or mediums

Question 7

Quality of life

Answer 7

The idea that life must have some benefits for it to be worth living

Question 8

Reincarnation

Answer 8

The belief that, after death, souls are reborn in a new body

Question 9

Resurrection

Answer 9

The belief that, after death, the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised

Question 10

Sanctity of life

Answer 10

The belief that life is holy and belongs to god

Question 11

Voluntary euthanasia

Answer 11

Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death