religion and life Flashcards
key quotes on abortion
“Before I formed you in the whom I knew you” Jeremiah 1:5
“Blessed are the merciful” Matthew 5:7
“`Do not kill” ten commandments
“You knitted me together in my mother’s womb” psalms 139
Involuntary euthanasia
Where the patient does not wish to die/ is not asked
non-voluntary euthanasia
When the patient cannot ask e.g. in a coma
Voluntary euthanasia
When the patient asks to die
Passive Euthanasia
Euthanasia when the patient’s life is ended by taking away treatment, e.g. life support
Active Euthanasia
Euthanasia when the doctor actively ends the patient’s life e.g. by injection
Assisted Suicide
Helping someone who is terminally ill and in pain to take their own life
Euthanasia
Mercy killing, gentle death – allowing someone to die because they are terminally ill and in pain
Point of Viability
The point where a foetus is considered able to live outside the womb (officially set at 24 weeks in the UK)
Quality of Life
The general well-being of a person, how good their life is
Sanctity of Life
The belief that all life is holy and precious
key quotes on natural life
“The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it” Psalm 24:1
“Everything that lives and moves will be food for you” Genesis 9:3
“God created humankind in his own image” Genesis 1:27
“The weak eat only vegetables” Romans 14:3
animal experimentation
Testing on animals - illegal in uk for cosmetics but can be used to test if medicine is safe
Sustainable development
Progress that aims to reduce the impact on the natural world long term
Dominion
The belief that humans have been given dominion and power over the rest of creation
