RE - Matters Of Life And Death Flashcards
Abortion
The removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive.
Quality Of Life
The idea that life must feel like it is worth living.
Euthanasia
Bringing about a premature but painless and gentle death.
Voluntary Euthanasia
Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain requests death.
Non-Voluntary Euthanasia
Ending someone’s life painlessly in their best interest when they are incapable of requesting death themselves.
Assisted Suicide
Helping a seriously ill person to commit suicide.
Near-Death Experience
When someone about to die has an out of body experience.
Paranormal
Unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes e.g ghosts, mediums.
Reincarnation
When souls, after death, are reborn in a new body.
Resurrection
When 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 death.
Sanctity Of Life
The belief that life is holy and comes from God.
