Matters of Life and Death
Subjects / Religious Studies / Hinduism
This title will investigate Hindu views on life after death. It will explain the concepts of samsara, karma and moksha. Following this, the title looks at abortion and considers why there are varied views within Hinduism on this topic. Euthanasia and suicide are the next topics to be covered. The respect towards elders in Hinduism will be explained and linked to these ideas. This title also explores the Hindu view on medical sciences and details their ideas on fertility treatment, organ donation, embryo research and genetic engineering.
| Author: | Sam Read | Publisher: | GCSEPod® |
| Narrator: | Carol McGuigan | ISBN: | 978-1-84906-132-2 |
| Video ISBN: | 978-1-84906-632-7 |
Chapters
- Life After Death: Samsara, Karma and Moksha
- Abortion
- Euthanasia and Suicide
- Medical Science
Exam Board Relevance
- Edxcel
- AQA
- CEA
- IGCSE (EdExcel)
- OCR
- SQA
- WJEC
- IGCSE (CiE)
Includes original GCSEPod image art
Curriculum and Exam Board Information
Key Issues
Titles
Chapters
- Abortion
- Artha
- Attitudes to abortion
- Belief in moksha
- Belief in samsara
- Dharma
- Differences among Hindus in their attitudes to euthanasia and the reasons for them
- Differences among Hindus in their attitudes to life after death (nirvana)
- Different Hindu attitudes to abortion and the reasons for them
- euthanasia
- Euthanasia a sin
- Hindu attitudes towards abortion
- Hindu attitudes towards euthanasia
- Hindu attitudes towards suicide
- Hindu beliefs about the use of animals in medical research
- Hindu ethics raises no objection to modern medical research
- Hindu funeral rites, and the ways in which these reflect belief and aim to support the bereaved
- Issues of genetic engineering
- Issues of organ donation
- Kama
- karma (action)
- Law of karma related to atman
- Law of karma related to dharma
- Moksha
- moksha (release)
- Moksha: escape from suffering
- Obligations in life (dharma) are result of previous karma and should be accepted
- Precedents for suicide being acceptable - as sacrificial or religious act
- Samsara
- samsara (round of rebirth)
- suicide
- the contribution of karma to the welfare of the community
- the doctrine of karma and rebirth
- The doctrines of karma
- The laws of karma as the basis of moral behaviour
- The nature of abortion, including current British legislation and non-religious arguments concerning abortion
- The nature of euthanasia (assisted suicide, voluntary and non-voluntary euthanasia), including current British legislation and arguments concerning euthanasia
- The origin, nature and destiny of human beings: karma
- The origin, nature and destiny of human beings: moksha
- The origin, nature and destiny of human beings: samsara
- The relation between moral behaviour and future rebirths
- The ways in which Hindus understand the distinction between the body and Atman
- Understandings of the round of samsara, karma and rebirth
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