Topic 2 keywords Flashcards
Abortion
The removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive.
Immorality of the soul
The idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body.
Near-death experience
When someone about to die has an out of body experience.
Non-voluntary euthanasia
Ending someone’s life painlessly when they are unable to ask, but you have good reason for thinking they would want you to do so.
Paranormal
Unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes e.g. ghosts, mediums.
Reincarnation
The belief that, after death, souls are reborn in a new body.
Resurrection
The belief that, after death, the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised.
Voluntary euthanasia
Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death.