Ethics 1 - Keywords 0.0 / 5 ? OtherEthicsGCSEOCR Created by: BryonyyCreated on: 05-04-14 11:45 SANCTITY OF LIFE Human life is sacred because God created it. 1 of 24 ABORTION The ending of a pregnancy before the foetus is able to survive outside the womb. 2 of 24 PROCURED ABORTION/TERMINATION When a pregnancy is DELIBERATLEY ended. 3 of 24 PRO-LIFE The view that abortion can never be justified as life is the most precious thing. 4 of 24 PRO-CHOICE The view that a woman should have to freedom to choose whether or not she has an abortion. 5 of 24 GENETIC ENGINEERING Altering the DNA of a living being to change its characteristics. 6 of 24 THERAPEUTIC CLONING Using human embryos as a source of tissue-repairing cells. 7 of 24 PLAYING GOD Doing the thinds God is supposed to do/taking the role of God. 8 of 24 ASSISTED SUICIDE Giving a person the means to end their own life when they are unable to do so themselves. 9 of 24 EUTHANASIA Killing a person who is usually dying of a terminal illness before they would naturally die. 10 of 24 VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA When a person duing in pain asks another person to end their life painlessly. 11 of 24 NON VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA Ending someone's life painlessly when they are unable to ask, but when there is a good reason for thinking they would want death. 12 of 24 ACTIVE EUTHANASIA Taking action to end a person's life. 13 of 24 PASSIVE EUTHANASIA Withholding medical treatment in order to end a person's life. 14 of 24 MEDICAL TESTING Using animals to test medicines to check if they can cure a disease and don't cause any large side-effects. 15 of 24 COSMETIC TESTING Using animals to test cosmetic products to check they are suitable for human use. 16 of 24 FAMILY A group containing parents and their children; also people who are related to each other. 17 of 24 NUCLEAR FAMILY Mother, father and children living as one unit. 18 of 24 SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY Families where children are brought up by one parent. 19 of 24 EXTENDED FAMILY Parents, children and grandparents, aunts and uncles living as one unit or very close to each other. 20 of 24 RE-CONSTITUTED FAMILY Where two sets of children (stepbrothers and sisters) become one family when their parents marry each other. 21 of 24 COHABITATION Living with someone you're in a relationship with but not married to. 22 of 24 DIVORCE The legal ending of a marriage. 23 of 24 ANNULMENT A marriage terminated by the Church because it was not valid (Catholics only) 24 of 24
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