Keywords

• Life after death, belief that existence continues after physical death - Afterlife
• Duty upon human beings to respect, care for and preserve natural environment. Crucial to environmental responsibility is the idea of sustainability - Environmental responsibility
• From Greek, eu ‘good’ and thanatos ‘death’. Referred as ‘mercy kill’. Act if killing a person, directly or indirectly, as a decision has been reached that death is best option - Euthanasia
• Process by which different living creatures are believed to have developed from earlier, less complex forms during history of the earth - Evolution
• When pregnancy is ended by deliberate removal of foetus from womb so it doesn’t result in birth of child - Abortion
• Extent to which life is meaningful and pleasurable - Quality of life
• Belief that life is precious or sacred as humans are made ‘in God’s image’. For many religions, only human life holds this special status - Sanctity of life
• Spiritual aspect of a being which connects someone to God. Often regarded as non-physical and as living on after physical death, in afterlife - Soul