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RE KEYWORDS 1
Question | Answer |
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Life is holy and belongs to God | Sanctity of life |
Belief that when you die, your body stays in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised | Resurrection |
The idea that the soul/mind does not die when your body dies, but lives on in a spiritual world | Immortality |
The study of unexplained things like ghosts and mediums who say they can contact dead spirits | Paranormal |
The removal of the foetus from the womb before it can survive | Abortion |
Women having the right to an abortion if they want one with no questions asked | Abortion on demand |
Ending your life yourself | Suicide |
Providing a person with the means to commit suicide | Assisted suicide |
The situation where someone dying in pain asks a doctor to end his/her life painlessly | Voluntary Euthanasia |
Ending someone’s life painlessly when they are not able to ask, but you have good reason for believing they would want you to do so (e.g. switching off a life-support machine) | Involuntary Euthanasia |
The idea that you should not use medication simply to prolong the life of a dying person if the quality of that life is very poor | Euthanasia |
Believing some people are inferior (not as good as them) without even knowing them | Prejudice |
Treating people differently (unfairly) because you are prejudices against them | Discrimination |
Discriminating against people because of their gender (being male or female) | Racism |
Discriminating against people because of their race or the colour of their skin | Sexism |
Many different races and cultures living together in on society | Multi-ethnic |
Many different religions living together in one society | Multi-faith |