Topic 2 Flashcards
Quality of life
The idea that life must have some benefits to be worth living
Voluntary euthanasia
Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death
Sanctity of life
The belief that life is holy and belongs to God
Assisted suicide
Providing a seriously Ill person with the means to commit suicide
Paranormal
Unexplained things that seem to have spiritual causes e.g ghosts
Immortality of the soul
The idea that the souls lives on after the death of the body
Resurrection
The idea that after death our bodies stay in the grave till the end of the world, when it is raised
Near death experience
When someone about to die has an out of body experience
Reincarnation
The belief that after death our souls are reborn in a new body
Abortion
The removal of the foetus from the womb before it can survive
Euthanasia
The painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease
Non voluntary euthanasia
Ending someone’s life painlessly when they are unable to ask but you have good reason for thinking they would want to do so e.g switching of a life support machine