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Religious Studies- Matters of life and death
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- 1AbortionThe removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive
- 2Assisted suicideProviding a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide
- 3EuthanasiaThe painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease
- 4Immortality of the soulThe idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body
- 5Near-death experienceWhen someone about to die has an out of body experience
- 6Non-voluntary euthanasiaEnding someone's life painlessly when they are unable to ask, but you have good reason for thinking they would want you to do so
- 7ParanormalUnexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes, e.g. ghosts, mediums
- 8Quality of lifeThe idea that life must have some benefits for it to be worth living
- 9ReincarnationThe belief that, after death, the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised
- 10Sanctity of lifeThe belief that life is holy and belongs to God
- 11Voluntary euthanasiaEnding life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death
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