Quality of life (OCR A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards

Weighing life experience to determine if worth continuing

Humans have dominion; dignity from knowing when to end life

Life in fullness; not burdensome; justifies euthanasia option

Rejects the quality of life argument

Belief of doing compassionate thing re: quality of life

Distinction between foreseeing & intending an outcome

Person can lose 'person' status; euthanasia can be loving

Self-aware, self-control, future/past sense, relate, concern, communicate, curiosity

Based on experience; personalised decisions respecting dignity

No absolute laws; each case on own merits

Begin with belief in agape love; faith in right decision

Persons, not laws, at centre of morality

Depends on desires/preferences; without these not alive

Suffering without pleasure/self-consciousness not worth living

Good intentions can become very dangerous