YEAR 11 topic 2 keywords

Question 1

abortion

Answer 1

removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive

Question 2

assisted suicide

Answer 2

providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide

Question 3

euthanasia

Answer 3

the painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease

Question 4

immortality of the soul

Answer 4

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

Question 5

near death experience

Answer 5

when someone who is about to die has an out of body experience

Question 6

non-voluntary euthanasia

Answer 6

ending life painlessly when they are unable to ask but you have good reason for thinking they would want you to do so eg when you are in a coma

Question 7

paranormal

Answer 7

unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes eg ghosts+mediums

Question 8

quality of life

Answer 8

the idea that life must have some benifits for it to be worth living

Question 9

reincarnation

Answer 9

belief that after death the soul is reborn in another body

Question 10

resurrection

Answer 10

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

Question 11

sanctity of life

Answer 11

the belief that life is holy and belongs to god

Question 12

voluntary euthanasia

Answer 12

ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death

Question 13

passive euthanasia

Answer 13

when medical treatment/life support is withdrawn so the person dies

Question 14

active euthanasia

Answer 14

carried out by the doctor on purpose such as iving a lethal injection