Matters of Life and Death - Key Words Flashcards
Abortion
Removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive.
Assisted Suicide
Providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide.
Euthanasia
The painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease.
Immortality of the Soul
The idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body.
Near-Death Expirience
When someone about to die has an out of the body experience.
Non-Voluntary Euthanasia
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 of a life support machine.
Paranormal
Unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes e.g ghosts and mediums.
Quality of Life
The idea that life must be worth living.
Reincarnation
The belief that after death, souls are reborn in a new body.
Ressurection
The belief that after death the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised.
Sanctity of life
The belief that life is holy and belongs to God.
Voluntary Euthanasia
Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death
