Unit 1, Section 2 -matters Of Life And Death Flashcards
Assisted suicide
Providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide
Abortion
The removal of the fetus from the womb before it can survive
Euthanasia
The painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease
Immortality of the soul
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, do you have to have good reason for thinking that they would want you to do so
Paranormal
And explain things which are thought to have spiritual causes
Quality of life
The idea that life must have some benefits for it to be worth living
Reincarnation
The belief that, after death, souls are reborn into 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
Sanctity of life
The belief that life is holy and belongs to God
Voluntarily euthanasia
Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death