Keywords

Question 1

Afterlife

Answer 1

• Life after death; the belief that existence continues after physical death
• Catholics believe after death you either go to heaven, hell or purgatory

Question 2

Environmental Sustainability

Answer 2

• Ensuring that the demands placed on natural resources can be met without reducing capacity to allow all people, animals and plant life to live well, now and in the future
• deforestation and over-fishing

Question 3

Euthanasia

Answer 3

• From the Greek work ‘eu’ good and ‘thanatos’ death. Sometimes referred to as mercy killing or permitting death of a person suffering a serious illness
• Christians disagree as life belongs to GOd, lethal injection

Question 4

Evolution

Answer 4

• The process by which different living creatures are believed to have developed from earlier less complex forms during the history of the Earth
• Darwin’s theory of evolution, humans from apes

Question 5

Abortion

Answer 5

• When a pregnancy is ended so it does not result in the birth of a child
• This is legal in the UK up to 24 weeks into the pregnancy

Question 6

Quality of Life

Answer 6

• The extent to which life is meaningful and pleasurable (fulfilled)
• Peter Singer believes quality of life is more important than the sanctity of life

Question 7

Sanctity of Life

Answer 7

• The belief that life is holy and sacred. For religious believers only human life holds this special status
• This therefore meaning God has authority over all life

Question 8

Soul

Answer 8

• The spiritual aspect of a being, it is often regarded as non-physical and living on after death. This is the part that which connects someone to God.
• This is the part that goes on to the afterlife