RELG 2650 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass

RELG 2650 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Walter - "Historical &cultural variants on the good death" - Answer- How what constitutes a good death has changed in modern, Western cultures to be a more individual experience Dorff - "The Jewish Tradition: Religious Beliefs &Health Care Decisions" - Answer- Jews may enroll in hospice program, can have painkillers that can hasten death as along as intent is to alleviate pain, not kill. Feel good, not suffer. Celebrate your body Harakas - "Death, Dying, and Euthanasia" (Orthodox Christian Tradition) - Answer- Serious spiritual growth can take place through suffering, there is some significant value therefore the only good death is when the person accepts their death in moral and spiritual purity and putting hope and trust in God. Euthanasia is either murder (w/o consent) or suicide (w/ consent). Church and medical professionals both want to sustain life. Ok to LET die but NOT euthanasia. Hauerwas - "Rational Suicide" - Answer- Our lives are not our own, duty to take care of ourselves. Being faithful to God by preserving our lives. Does NOT believe suicide can be justified even if rational/autonomous Meilander - "Euthanasia and the Christian Vision" - Answer- • Euthanasia is morally wrong-focuses on morality • Focuses on aims, results, and motives (purpose/aim can be diff. even if result - death - is same) Evaluate aim before motive • People have evil aims and justify them by good motives (kill to relieve suffering) • Takes Christian theology • Not an act of love • Suffering can be redemptive • Death is no consequence: Christians don't fear death, not something +/- but something inevitable but you should not aim for death. Arras - "The Right to Health Care" - Answer- • Opposes euthanasia but considers it moral in some situations • Fears a slippery slope-social consequences of euthanasia: • Wouldn't stay inside its boundaries • Abuse of the system Callahan - "When Self-Determination Runs Amok" - Answer- • People argue the right of self-determination for euthanasia; but euthanasia moves into a mutual decision between two people-one to kill, the other to die • It's a fundamental moral wrong for one person to give his life and fate over to another- no one should have that kind of total, final power • The doctor would have to decide on his/her own whether the patient's life was worth living, and that is not their/medicine's place to determine • There is no objective way to measure the degree of one's suffering • Consequences of euthanasia: abuse of the law, difficult