The sanctity of life (OCR A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards
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Penalty for assisted suicide under Suicide Act 1961
Penalty for assisted suicide under Suicide Act 1961
Up to 14 years' imprisonment
Maximum penalty for euthanasia in English law
Maximum penalty for euthanasia in English law
Life imprisonment
Active euthanasia definition
Active euthanasia definition
Deliberate action causing person's death (medical intervention)
Passive euthanasia definition
Passive euthanasia definition
Medical non-intervention resulting in patient's death
Sanctity of life meaning
Sanctity of life meaning
Life is sacred with intrinsic worth and dignity to preserve
Imago dei concept (Genesis 1:27)
Imago dei concept (Genesis 1:27)
Humans created in God's image and likeness
Job 1:21 quote on life
Job 1:21 quote on life
The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away
Exodus 20:13 command
Exodus 20:13 command
Do not kill
What did Dame Cicely Saunders found in 1967?
What did Dame Cicely Saunders found in 1967?
St Christopher's Hospice
Weak sanctity of life view
Weak sanctity of life view
Life valuable but situations may justify ending it
Telos in Aquinas' natural law
Telos in Aquinas' natural law
Human flourishing through achieving God-like perfection
Joseph Fletcher's situation ethics based on
Joseph Fletcher's situation ethics based on
Agape love (Christian unconditional love)
Law of Double Effect meaning
Law of Double Effect meaning
Distinction between foreseeing and intending an outcome
Personalism in situation ethics
Personalism in situation ethics
Persons, not laws, at centre of morality
Peter Singer on sanctity of life
Peter Singer on sanctity of life
Time to abandon it; outdated and irrational