Religion and Medical Ethics, OCR GCSE Short Course Notes

Religion and Medical Ethics.




Abortion

"But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. You are of more value than many
sparrows." - Luke 12:17
"Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you." ­ Jeremiah 1:5


Phrase Definition
Moment of conception When the sperm meets the egg…

Religion and Medical Ethics.




Fertility Treatment

"The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away." ­ Job 1:21
"The Lord had closed her womb." ­ 1 Samuel 1:5

Is it right?...

Yes No
"Go forth and multiply" - Genesis God's will: "Children are a gift, not a
right."
Sex ­ for…

Religion and Medical Ethics.




May be better than growing up in a Not natural
separated family
Euthanasia

Definition = literally `a good death'

"The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away." - Job 1:21


Active Euthanasia = a person directly and deliberately causes the patient's
death.

Passive Euthanasia = life…

Religion and Medical Ethics.






Suicide

"Suicide is not chosen ­ it happens when pain exceeds resources for coping with
pain."
"Even as he who kills another's slave, sins against that slave's master." ­ St
Thomas Aquinas
"No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down myself." ­ John…

Religion and Medical Ethics.




- Christians take a more compassionate view of suicide today.

Animal Testing

"So God created man in his own image." ­ Genesis 1:27
"You are of more value than many sparrows." ­ Luke 12:17

Intrinsic Value = it has value just because it exists.
Ahisma =…