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Edexcel RS Unit 3.2
Matters of Life and Death
Question | Answer |
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Immortality of the soul | The idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body. |
Resurrection | The belief that, after death, the body stays in the grave until the end of the world, when it is raised. |
Near-death experience | When somebody about to die has an out-of-body experience. |
Paranormal | Unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes, for example, ghosts, mediums. |
Reincarnation | The belief that, after death, souls are reborn in a new body. |
Abortion | The removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive. |
Sanctity of life | he belief that life is holy and belongs to God. |
Assisted suicide | Providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide. |
Euthanasia | The painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease. |
Non-voluntary euthanasia | Ending someone's life painlessly when they are unable to ask, but you have good reason for thinking they would want you to do so. |
Quality of life | The idea that life must have some benefits for it to be worth living. |
Voluntary euthanasia | Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death. |