Across
- 3. A penalty given to someone for a crime or wrong they have done.
- 4. Principles and standards determining which actions are right or wrong.
- 7. Greek: eu ‘good’ & Thanatos ‘death’ – mercy killing. The act of killing a person who is suffering from a serious illness.
- 10. Deliberate immoral action, breaking a religious or moral law.
- 12. Forgiveness is to grant pardon for a wrong doing; to give up resentment and the desire to seek revenge against a wrong doer.
- 15. The extent to which life is meaningful and pleasurable
- 16. When a pregnancy is ended so that it does not result in the birth of a child.
Down
- 1. The belief that life is precious or sacred. For many religious believers only human life holds this special status.
- 2. The ability to make choices voluntarily and independently. The belief that nothing is pre-determined.
- 5. The process by which different living creatures are believed to have developed from earlier less complex life forms during the history of the earth.
- 6. Ensuring the demands placed on natural resources can be met without reducing capacity to all people and other species of animals, including plants to live well now and in the future.
- 8. Life after death;the belief that existence continues after physical death.
- 9. Fairness; where everyone has equal provisions and opportunity.
- 10. Pain or distress caused by injury, illness or loss. Suffering can be physical, emotional and psychological or spiritual.
- 11. That which is considered morally right, beneficial and to our advantage.
- 13. That which is considered extremely immoral, wicked and wrong.
- 14. The spiritual aspect of a being, that which connects someone to God. The soul is often regarded as non-physical and as living on after physical death, in an afterlife.
