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Flashcards by katie Dack, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by katie Dack
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| Question | Answer |
| what is absolute morality? | is the belief that if an action is right or wrong , it is always right or wrong, no matter what the circumstances. |
| what is a relative morality? | is the belief that an action can sometimes be wrong but in other circumstances it may be right. |
| what is general mortality? | it is mainly common decency or common sense for example when you are on a bus it is plite to give a old or pregnant lady a seat. |
| what is a PACIFISM? | Aperson who doen't believe in fighting or war (is a absolutist) |
| what is a PRO-LIFE? | is a absolutiest for example adortion -life should be protected no matter what |
| what does abortion mean in latin? | |
| what is the definition of abortion? | it is the unnatural ending of the life of a foetus in the womb |
| when was in legal in the UK. | 1967 |
| what year did they make the time limit of 24 weeks ? | |
| what are the five views on when life begins? | 1. conception 2.after 15 days when the ferilised egg implants itself in the womb 3. at about 8 weeks when the foetus looks like a human being 4. when the foetus can survive outside the womb 5. at birth when it becomes physically independent of its mother |
| Name five reasons why people have abortions | 1. single parent 2. disability 3.finacle issues 4.mother is too young 5. child limits |
| what is the definition of the sanctity of life? | this means that all life is sacred and a gift from god and as such we should cherish it. |
| what is the definition of the quality of life? | this means people who take into account the quality of life ask whether there is still value in a person's life. |
| who is louise brown? | she is the first person to become a test tube baby in 1978. |
| which scientist studied human conception, he studied animals and said if you can do it to animals you can do it to humans (IVF) | Robert Edwards |
| What does in vitro mean? | in glass |
| which scientists were the pioneers of IVF for louise Brown? | Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards |
| What does IVF stand for? | In Vitro Fertilisation. |
| What is a designer baby? | a designer baby is being able to select the genes of the baby. |
| What is P.G.D? | Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis. |
| how is P.G.D used now? | it is used to get rid of genetic disease for the next generation. |
| which genes and characteristics have so far been identified by science? | happiness- prozac intellagence depression girl or boy homosex |
| what is gene therapy? | it is putting healthy genes into the bodythrough blood cells |
| what is the term saviour sibling? | A savour sibling is gentically designed and born to save the sibling with what ever disease the sibling has eg the saviour sibling gives translplantes to the sibling or giving a blood transfusion. |
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