Environmental and Medical Issues
- Created by: amyhopkins1
- Created on: 10-01-17 19:01
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- Environmental and Medical Issues
- Global Warming
- Causes; solar activity, greenhouse effect, natural climate change
- Solutions; walking/ cycling, recycling, biofuel, kyoto protocol
- Pollution
- Solutions; biodegradable waste, reduce fossil fuel emissions, recycle nuclear waste
- Causes; human waste, eutrophicati-on, radioactive waste
- Natural resources
- Solutions; utulise renewable resources e.g. solar power, wind power
- Problem; natural resources such as coal and oil are running out
- Stewardship( the belief that God made man kind protectors or the world, must take care of it)
- Christian teachings: creation story, parable of the talents, Sermon on the mount, Judgement day, Golden rule
- Musllim teachings: Kalifah (steward), Umma, Judgement day, Shariah laws, in the Qur'an (Allah gave control to Muslims
- Infertility treatments
- Christian attitudes: "be fruitful and multiply", we have dominion, AID is adultery, doctrineof double effect, playing god
- Muslim attitudes: Muhammad said we have a duty to have large families, wasted embryos (sanctity of life), Shariah law bans egg and sperm donation
- Why is it important? It can be used for couples who cannot conceive naturally
- Transplant surgery (from living/ non-living)
- Christian attitudes: St. Paul said that we dont need body in the afterlife, Judgement day, situation ethics, body is your temple, the beart is wbere the soul resides
- Why is it important? Itis efficient, can cure diseases, can save, lives
- Muslim attitudes: Judgement day- ressurection (need all organs), Shariah laws allow living donations, Shirk, playing God, only Allah can choose if you live or die
- Global Warming
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