Religious ethics

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Define abortion
The termination of a pregnancy by artificial means
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What is Active euthanasia?
The intentional premature termination of another persons life
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What is autonomy?
Arriving at a moral judgement through reason
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What is Christian realism?
The belief that Christianity may use violence to bring about peace on earth
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What is human cloning?
When another human is created with the same genetic identity as another
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What is our sense of moral right and wrong?
Conscience
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What is divine command theory?
Actions are right or wrong depending on whether they follow God's commands
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What is a method of producing stem cells to treat diseases such as Alzheimers?
Therapeutic cloning
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What is passive euthanasia?
When treatment is withdrawn or not given to the patient in order to hasten death
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What is personhood?
The definition of a human being as a person- having consciousness, self awareness and sentience
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What is the ability to feel pleasure and pain?
Sentience
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What does deontology mean?
Something which considers the moral value of an act
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What is an embryo?
Developing cells in the womb at up to 8 weeks gestation
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What is the supreme good for humans?
Eudaimonia
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Who developed Euthyphros dilemma?
Plato
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What is the Euthyphro's dilemma?
Is an act good because God commands it or does God command it because it is good?
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What is a foetus?
an organism in the womb from 9 weeks until birth
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What is the view that pleasure is the chief good?
Hedonism
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What is IVF?
The procedure by which sperm and eggs from a couple are fertilised in a laboratory dish
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What is it called when you end someones lifewithout their consent to prevent their suffering
Involuntary euthanasia
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Many answers were incorrect or poorly phrased. Think you need to check your answers/sources

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