RS revision flashcards: key words

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Abortion
The removal of a fetus from the womb before it can survive.
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Assisted Suicide
Providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide.
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Euthanasia
The painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease.
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Immortality of the soul
The idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body.
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Non-voluntary Euthanasia
Ending someones life painlessly when they are unable to ask, but you have good reason for thinking they would want to do so.
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Paranormal
Unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes.
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Quality of life
The idea that life must have some benefits for it to be worth living.
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Reincarnation
The belief that after death souls are reborn in to a new body.
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Resurrection
The belief that after death the body stays in its grave until the end of the world, when it is raised.
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Sanctity of Life
The belief that life is holy and belongs to God.
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Voluntary Euthanasia
Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death.
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Providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide.

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Assisted Suicide

Card 3

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The painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease.

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Card 4

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

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Card 5

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Ending someones life painlessly when they are unable to ask, but you have good reason for thinking they would want to do so.

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