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Theodicy

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The study of god. The question if god is good, why is there evil?

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Book of Sirach

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is a book in the bible that talks about the Jewish understanding of medicine.

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Augustine

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said God cannot make evil Evil is a corruption of something that was made good or a lack of something good.

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St. Thomas Aquinas: Moral Evil and Physical Evil

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Physical evil - God allowing the world to operate on its own laws. Ex. earthquakes, Tsunamis, and illnesses. Moral evil- the evil that people choose to be and commit, not the fault of god it is people abusing their free will.

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Nutrition/hydration

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food and water. means of keeping someone alive.

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Burden/benefit-

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Patients can choose to forgo treatment if it’s more of a burden than a benefit, can be due to financial, emotional, or other constraints. the patient decides, but that is not always possible. ex, if a procedure is to expensive, wil leave the family in debt.

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Ordinary/Extraordinary

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must use ordinary means to keep someone alive; i don’t have to use extraordinary means to keep someone alive. I dont have to keep someone alive mechanically.

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Terri schiavo

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she wasn’t actually dying. They took her off the feeding tube so she would die. That is why the parents were fighting against the husband. There’s a presumption in favor of providing nutrition and hydration unless that becomes more of a burden than a benefit.

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Organ transplants

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am I allowed to transplant organs? Yes. The ethical concern would be killing people to get organs.

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Euthanasia

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Actively taking measures to end someone’s life, is becoming legal in different states.

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Pain Medication

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Give it to somebody to alleviate pain. What you can not do is give a lethal dose.

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Partial brain death

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does not meet the requirements for human death. Individuals who exhibit breathing and heartbeat shouldn’t be declared dead since these signs point to presence of the brain.

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Care of the corpse

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  • Signifies respect for human life, author of life, deceased person’s family and friends.
  • Ceremonial actions in caring for the body have meaning beyond physical impact.
  • No organs or dismemberment should be removed from a corpse unless justified.
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difference between organ and organism

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Organism- distinct life. It has its own DNA, unique to itself

Organs- are part of a body. share the same DNA as the rest of the body, not independent

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IVF

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In Vitro Fertilization; You take the gametes(sperm and the egg). TWO kinds Homologous and Heterologous

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double effect role in indirect abortion

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justified, directly treat a mother’s pathology, save the child if possible, and the death is a side effect of the procedure.

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concerns about IVF

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1: the dignity of human beings, new life should come into the world in the most loving way possible.

The natural bond between parent and child is often broken.

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Purgatory

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temporary. means that i’m definitely going to heaven not ready for it yet. Catholic teach our prayers can help those for purgatory.

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Abortion

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Direct- intending to due an abortion.
Indirect -the abortion is a result of some other action that wasn’t intended.

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who marries you in the catholic church?

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THE COUPLE GIVES THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE TO EACH OTHER. THE PRIEST DESONT MARRY THEM JUST BLESSES THEM.

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purpose of marriage

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BEING PROCREATIVE AND UNITIVE.

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purposes of sexual expression

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Pleasure, intimacy, Having children, expressing love/friendship.

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5 levels of dying

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Denial, Anger, Bargaining, depression, and acceptance

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Judgement

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2 judgments. 1: immediately after death to where we are going: heaven, hell, and purgatory. 2: judgement is at the end of time & public reckoning of all of humanity.

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Heaven

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gods infinite beauty; seing god face to face

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hell

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when we chose to say to god i dont want you.

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Death

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the permanent separation of body and soul

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Rose Hawthorne—

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start visiting patients who were generally ignored by the doctors and nurses. she would go and sit with the ill and see what they would have to say. emphasized the sanctity of life even in its last moments

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anointing of the sick

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prayer is for the seriously ill/ elderly, promotes healing, forgiveness of sins, and provides spiritual strength to manage illness.

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confession

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called 3 things: reconnnecilitaion, confession and penance.Catholic and orthodox all celebrate the power to forgive sins.

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Person

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metaphysical subject of a rational nature. The person is the I or the self.

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poem about jane

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when people are dying, the things taken away from them is attributed to dignity. Means the dignity i have due to my role of functioning, takes care of his way now that she is dying

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Sympathy

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means i am sorry something bad happened to you.

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Empathy

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I understand what you are going through because I have been through something similar . Example self help groups like alcoholics

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Compassion

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i am trying to absorb some of your pain and I’m suffering with you

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story of Job

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says suffering is a mystery. represents patience and faith in the face of adversity

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Redemptive suffering

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Is suffering I can’t get out of

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Useless suffering

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suffering that I can do something about but I don’t. (ex I have a toothache, should go to the dentist, but I don’t)

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Hinduism vs theodicy

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Hinduism, suffering is because we treat the world and ourselves as real.

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Viaticum

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final communion, signifies a sick person’s unity with the church, praying for their swift passage to the eternal banquet.

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Buddhism and theodicy

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Buddhism, suffering is because of ignorance

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adam and eve

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explains the origin of sin and suffering in the world.

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St. Thomas and secondary causality

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God allows the laws of the world to take place (secondary causality) rather than intervening directly.

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Fr. Spitzer

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studied near-death experiences as evidence for the soul and afterlife. ex. the blind able to see after experiencing a NDE

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Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

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known for having identified five stages of grief experienced by the dying

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Sulmasy and praying for a cure

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discusses whether it is appropriate to pray for a cure for terminal patients.

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When do we receive souls

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created directly by God at conception.

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When are we human (biologists)

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begins at fertilization/conception.

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C.S. Lewis and Natural Law

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what we know is right or wrong simply by being human

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Rape and Plan B in Catholic hospitals

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may be permitted in Catholic hospitals for rape cases to prevent conception, not to abort an existing pregnancy.

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How death is determined

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by permanent cessation of heartbeat and body shutting down.

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