2c. Content of Religion and ethics (H573/02) - 3. Applied Ethics - Euthanasia* — OCR A-Level Religious Studies
2c. Content of Religion and ethics (H573/02) - 3. Applied Ethics - Euthanasia* explained
2c. Content of Religion and ethics (H573/02) - 3.
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Applied Ethics - Euthanasia* covers 9 specification points, including Sanctity of life; quality of life; voluntary… and The religious origins of this concept (that…. Open a point below for its explanation and revision guidance.
Your focus
- Key ideas, including: sanctity of life; quality of life; voluntary euthanasia; non-voluntary euthanasia
- the religious origins of this concept (that human life is made in God’s image and is therefore sacred in value)
- the secular origins of this significant concept (that human life has to possess certain attributes in order to have value)
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- what it is (that a person’s life is ended at their request or with their consent) and its use in the case of incurable or terminal illness
- what it is (that a person’s life is ended without their consent but with the consent of someone representing their interests) and its use in the case of a patient who is in a persistent vegetative state
- the application of natural law and situation ethics to euthanasia
- whether or not the religious concept of sanctity of life has any meaning in twenty-first century medical ethics
- whether or not a person should or can have complete autonomy over their own life and decisions made about it
- whether or not there is a moral difference between medical intervention to end a patient’s life and medical non-intervention to end a patient’s life