Re - moral things unit 2 Flashcards
What is the sanctity of life?
The sanctity of life is the religious belief that life is special as it is made holy by god and life is a gift from god. Christians believe human life is scared as humans are made imago Dei and are ensouled from conception therefore we have a possibility of a life after death with God
What is the quality of life?
The quality of life is how happy a person is and how free from pain their life is. Moreover, dignity is also import and whether a life is autonomous
What is PGD and what are the pros and cons of it?
Embryo is screened for genetic diseases
Eradicates disease
Some embryos are discarded even if they have a low percentage of developing a disease
What is human genetic engineering? and what do Christians think about it
Modifying the gene make-up to change the features of a species
Playing god, I created you in the womb, up to god to decide our characteristics
Slippery slope to designer babies
Stewards should take care of the vulnerable
Super race could have horrific social implications
What is embryology and what do Buddhists think about it?
Research on embryos
Spare embryo is a living being and it being destroyed or experimented on would build up karmic debt
Upaya kusala right intention if it saves lives
What are saviour siblings and what do Christians think about it?
When a child is produced through IVF, which will be a donor for an existing sibling born to saves a sibling’s life
Using someone
Jesus told his followers to heal others and saviour siblings can help cure an existing child
what is cloning and what do Buddhists and Christians think about it?
A genetically identical replica
Cloning an animal for experimentation is alright as we have dominion over animals
Playing god as only god should create new life
Cloning animals is acceptable as animals are lower down on the karmic cycle than human
Therapeutic cloning is where a stem cell bank of a human in made, the clone could be harvested for stem cells if you ever had a degenerative disease or needed a transplant
Neo-cannibalism, playing god and violating a sacred human life. Roman Catholics believe it goes against the primary precept to live, lead to commodification of human life
What is stem cell research?
Research into stem cells which are not specialised yet, they can turn into any cell so there is a potential to cure diseases that are a result of damaged cells
What is transplant surgery and what do Buddhists think about it?
Taking an organ from one human and putting it in another
Can help those soldiers who have lost ears in bomb explosions, bad for mouse as it will die, lack of metta shown to the mouse
Face transplants – can give someone back their self-confidence, Kaurna to the person, personal identity issues, take a lot of immunosuppressant drugs this can cause cancer
What do religious believers think about blood transfusions?
Jehovah witnesses refuse transfusion because they feel the life is carries in their blood
when do experiments on human happen?
When drug testing reaches its final stage then testing on humans is done with their consent
Might react differently to animals
Why shouldn’t people be allowed to have children?
Could be gods plan for you that you cannot have children
Hannah’s womb is closed by god
Many Christians believe that a baby is a gift from god and that we do not have a right to a child
What is IVF and what do Christians and Buddhists think about it?
Spare embryos are created which can be used for experimentation, Roman Catholics believe this contributes to the commodification of human life
Buddhists believe in not harming sentient beings so if spare embryos are experimented on or discarded it would generate bad karma
God has given us the intelligence and the gift of healing, “be fruitful and increase in numbers,” Christians duty to have children, agape
What are the pros and cons with AID
Anonymous donor so child might want to know who the father is, donor could regret decision in later life. Roman Catholics would oppose as it goes against the exclusiveness of marriage, babies are supposed to be a gift from god to a married heterosexual monogamous couple
What is surrogacy and what are the pros and cons of it?
Is where a woman has the baby for you, she might do it voluntarily or she may be paid to do it this is called “rent-a-womb”
Surrogacy devalues motherhood, some things money can’t buy, exploit women in poor countries, wrong for gay couples to have children by using surrogates
