Introduction

Do you believe in reincarnation? Do you think that you were something other than human in your past life?  Have you ever thought of how you would like to die?  If cloning crops is moral, how about cloning human beings? Should capital punishment be abolished?  In this unit we will explore the different aspects of life and death, including: 

Do You Have Right To Die安樂死論談
 The Near-Death Experience 瀕死經驗
Reincarnation 生死輪迴
 Death punishment 死刑質辯
Cloning 複製一個你

These views of life and death are also moral and constitutional issues as you will learn from reading the articles. 


Fact Sheet Reading

  1. "Do You Have Right To Die": Euthanasia is a practice in which individuals with life-threatening illnesses or other life-altering physical ailments are targeted for imposed death or assisted suicide. 

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  3. "The Near-Death Experience": Is the NDE Proof of Life After Death": The article explains a phenomenon which includes the feeling of being out of the physical body, moving through a darkness or tunnel, encountering the presences of deceased loved ones and other entities, and an indescribable light or menacing darkness. 

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  5. "Reincarnation": This online article clearly points out that The Bible rejects the concept of reincarnation which believes that each human has an immortal soul that continues to exist after the body dies. 

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  7. "Capital Punishment":  This article pays special attention to the controversial debates that rages constantly over the fate of capital punishment. 

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  9. "Cloning":  With the technology available nowadays, there is a processor duplicating biological material without reproducing.  This process, cloning,  is a worldwide concern with scientific and ethical complications.


     

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