chapter 4 vocab and questions Flashcards
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sacred
place, object, or person that is considered holy because it is dedicated to God or set aside for religious purposes
consistent ethic of life
system of pro-life principles claiming that protecting the life and dignity of any person or group. protect all people
seamless garment
another name for the consistent ethic of life, taken from the image of Jesus’ tunic in the Gospel of John, which refers to the ethical, religious, and political threads of moral issues that are unified in one version
term used by cardinal Bernadin to explain why protecting the life and dignity of any person or group requires that we protect the life and dignity of all people?
both consistent ethic of life and seamless garment
what 2 convictions lie at the heart of the Catholic approach issues involving human life
human life is sacred and all human beings are equal
right-to-life issues that affect human life and dignity according to the Catholic Church’s teaching
death penalty, human trafficking, racism, war, poverty, and abortion
culture of death
worldview that faails to respect and protect human life in all its stages
culture of life
worldview that recognizes that all human life comes from God and is meant to return to God it respects and protects human life in all its stages from concpetion to natural death
what is difference btwn culture of death and life
culture of death doesn’t protect and respect human life through its stages. culture of life doees
how does culture of DEATH define who we are as human beings? what does it say we must do to be fully alive?
says people with good looks or more power are “more human” and to be fully alive we need to have what we want, human life basis isn’t sacredness of life and dignity but ability of people to get what they want “we are what we have”
how does culture of LIFE define who we are as human beings? what does it say we need to do to be fully alive?
we have souls and more than just our bodies. soul and body unified makes us fully human. we reflect the image of God, Jesus Christ in loving God and one another, even death can’t take life away from us since we hope to share the resurrected life of christ in Heaven
how would a culture of “we are what we have” affect the way someone views issues related to life and death?
makes someone feel that a life that involves suffering isn’t worth living. makes people feel that those that cuase a burden to others as less worthy of living, also claims it is a person’s right to have more than they need, even if poverty cuasees death for others
euthanasia
direct action or deliberate lack of action that cuases the death of a person who is disabled, sick, or dying
capital punishment
practice of killing people as punishment for serious crimes
restorative justice
approach to dealing with convicted criminals in which they are urged to accept responsibility for their offenses through meeting victims or their families and making amends to victims or the community
retributive justice
approach to those who have committed crimes that is concerned with punishing or rewarding an individual
abolition
action of terminating a system, practice, or institution
medical facts that support that life begins at conception
-after sperm and ovum meet they make a cell with its own unique human DNA
- embryo’s body is separate from the mom’s even the blood which could be a diff blood type
-21 days after conception, heart starts beating, 9 weeks embryos have fingerprints 12 weeks fetus sleeps, exercises, curls toes and opens mouth 18-20 weeks fully cna feel pain
how is refusing extraordinary measures to prolong the life of a person near death morally acceptable
it accepts the Church’s teachings on a natural death because that person is already at a point where any treatment would not reverse the outcome
what reason does Pope Francis give to explain that capital punishment is inadmissable at all times?
Everyone has a right to life and to be treated with basic dignity, and the use of the death penalty violates those basic principles. He also says that the death penalty doesn’t right the wrong committed
