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Flashcards in Issues of Life and Death Key Concepts Deck (8)
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Afterlife

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  • Life after death
  • The belief that existence continues after death
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Environmental Sustainability

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  • Ensuring that the demands placed on natural resources can be met.
  • This does not reduce the capacity to allow all people and animals to live well now and in the future.
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Euthanasia

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  • From Greek, eu = good and thanatos = death.
  • Sometimes referred to as ‘mercy killing’.
  • The act of killing or permitting the death of a person who is suffering from a serious illness.
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Evolution

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The process by which different living creatures are believed to have developed from earlier less complex forms during the history of the earth.

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Abortion

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When a pregnancy is ended so that it does not result in the birth of a child.

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Quality of Life

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The extent to which life is meaningful and pleasurable.

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Sanctity of Life.

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  • The belief that life is precious or sacred.
  • For many religious believers, only human life holds this special status.
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Soul

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  • The spiritual aspect of a being; that which connects someone with God.
  • The soul is often regarded as non-physical and as living on after physical death, in an afterlife.