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Life and Death
Edexcel unit 3.2 Matters of Life and Death
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abortion | the removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive |
| assisted suicide | providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide |
| euthanasia | the painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease |
| immortality of the soul | the idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body |
| near-death experience | when someone about to die has an out-of-body experience |
| 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 |
| paranormal | unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes, for example, ghosts, mediums |
| quality of life | the idea that life must have some benefits for it to be worth living |
| reincarnation | the belief that, after death, souls are reborn in a new body |
| resurrection | the belief that, after death, the body stays in the grave until the end of the world, when it is raised |
| sanctity of life | the belief that life is holy and belongs to God |
| voluntary euthanasia | ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death |
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