Answer any five questions ‑ each worth 20 points for a total of 100 points

Answer any five questions ‑ each worth 20 points for a total of 100 points.

What could the phrase “Death with Dignity” possibly mean?  How could it be rephrased?

How does the real possibility of the mass death and the total annihilation of the human species by nuclear, chemical, and biological warfare influence one’s attitude toward death and toward one’s mode of seeking immortality?

What relation is there between certain sports and death?

What are the mutual rights and responsibilities of patients, family physicians and the society in which they live as far as judgments concerning defective infants, the retarded and the incompetent are concerned?  How does the decision to offer support and care relate to the responsibility to provide for that support and care?  What are the rights based upon?  What are the implications of your position for our current practices?

What role does religious faith play in assisting believers in approaching their deaths and the deaths of loved ones? Be sure to consider the disadvantages as well as the advantages.  What of religions which have no belief in an afterlife such as Buddhism? Compare and contrast several different religious traditions from the Eastern and Western hemispheres.