1. Chapter 10 Cherishing Each Person: Abortion, Euthanasia and Respect for Life
Mr. Salter
Morality

2. Know for Ch 10 test: The central questions of the abortion
Why science states an embryo is a human being
When human life begins
Know definition of Embryo and Fetus
Significance of a status of “person” according to the Declaration of Independence
Significance of fetus being a “potential” person
The similarities of removing a “person” status of a fetus to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany

3. Know for Ch 10 test: Declaration on Procured Abortion
Human life begins at conception
Science affirms the stages of human life begin at fertilization
“Personhood” is a religious, moral and philosophical question
If there is any question whether we should recognize a human being as a person, history dictates that we err on the side of according rights to those who are powerless and without a voice

4. Know for Ch 10 test: Rationale for “women’s right to choose”
… and peripheral women’s rights issues related to abortion
Legal basis for 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision
The that there is a difference between:
the 14th amendment “reasonable expectation of privacy” from unlawful search and seizure and women’s right to privacy
How the more important right and should take priority over any other right or concerns
The Catholic Church’s teaching regarding “exceptional” cases: rape, incest, handicapped baby, mother’s life in danger
Potential psychological trauma of abortion

5. The Principle of Double Effect
The principle of double-effect presents a set of criteria that states an action as having foreseen harmful effects that are practically inseparable from the good effect – and is justifiable if the following are true:
The nature of the act is itself good , or at least morally neutral
The evil is not intended as an end (the agent intends the good effect and not the bad)
The evil is not a means of the good the good effect outweighs the bad effect in circumstances sufficiently grave to justify causing the bad effect and the agent exercises due diligence to minimize the harm
There is a proportionate reason for allowing the evil effect, a greater good will come of the action

6. Know for Ch 10 test: That abortion is a grave or mortal sin
4 points why Catholic theology teaches life is sacred
Why Christians keep a balanced view concerning end of life issues
Health and salvation have same root word
Ordinary means vs. Extraordinary means of care based on burdens and benefits of the available procedures
If the life support measures can reasonably be expected to improve a seriously ill person’s condition it would be considered “ordinary means.”
Two types of Euthanasia - Active or direct euthanasia and Passive or indirect euthanasia
Be able to cite examples of each
The Church authoritative teaching called The Declaration on Euthanasia
You can refuse any treatment to a dying person if there is little hope that the treatment will improve the patient’s condition

7. Know for Ch 10 test:
Physician-assisted suicide is a form of active-voluntary euthanasia
No one has the right to take (or cause the lose of an) innocent life
How to explain Pope John Paul II, The Gospel of Life and “false mercy”
Theology of “suffering”
Hospice and Palliative Care

8. Know for Ch 10 test: Stem cell research
Embryonic stem cell research (ESCR)
Adult Stem cell Research (ASCR)
Moral arguments for/against ESC:
Research
Harvesting
Moral issues with Human Cloning
Human life in all its stages is a basic and fundamental right, without which one cannot enjoy any other right or freedom
It is never right to do evil that good may come of it
The end (a good goal or purpose) does not justify the means (or any action to achieve our goal)