U1.2 Key words Flashcards

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Assisted suicide

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Providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide.

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Abortion

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The removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive.

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Euthanasia

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The painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease.

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Immortality of the soul

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The idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body.

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Near-death experience

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When someone about to die has an out of body experience.

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Non-voluntary euthanasia

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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.

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Paranormal

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Unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes e.g ghosts, mediums.

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Quality of life

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The idea that life must have some benefits for it to be worth living.

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Reincarnation

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The belief that, after death, souls are reborn into a new body.

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Resurrection

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The belief that, after death, the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised.

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Sanctity of life

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The belief that life is holy and belongs to god.

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Voluntary euthanasia

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Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death.

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