Matters Of Life And Death Flashcards

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Abortion

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

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Sanctity of life

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The belief that life is holy and comes from God

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Quality of life

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The idea that life must feel like it is worth living

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Euthanasia

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Bringing about a premature but painless and gentle death

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Voluntary euthanasia

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Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain requests death

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Non-voluntary euthanasia

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Ending someone’s life painlessly in their best interest when they are incapable of requesting death themselves

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Assisted suicide

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Helping a seriously ill person to commit suicide

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Near-death experience

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When someone about to die has an out of body experience

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Paranormal

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

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Reincarnation

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When souls, after death, are reborn in a new body

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Resurrection

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

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Immortality of the soul

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The idea that the soul lives on after death

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