Unit 2.2 Matters of Life and Death- Key Words

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Abortion
The removal of a foetus from the womb before it is able to survive
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Assisted Suicide
Giving a seriosuly ill person 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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Near-death Experience
When someone close to death has an out-of-body experience
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Non-voluntary Experience
Ending someone's life painlessly when they are unable to ask, but you think it is the right thing to do and that they will want you to do it
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Paranormal
Something unexplained which is thought to have a spiritual cause (e.g. a ghost)
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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 a new body
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Resurrection
The belief that, after death, the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised
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Sanctity of Life
The belief that life is holy aand belongs to God
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Voluntary Euthanasia
Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death
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Giving a seriosuly ill person the means to commit suicide

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Assisted Suicide

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The painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease

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

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When someone close to death has an out-of-body experience

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