Treasure the gift of human life grade 10
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Human life possesses inherent dignity as humans are created in God's image. As such, human life is the most valuable thing and outweighs all other worldly concerns. The human body also shares in this dignity, as it is animated by a spiritual soul. Bioethics examines the ethical issues arising from advances in biology and medicine, and involves moral decision-making regarding medical policies and practices. It is guided by fundamental principles like stewardship, double effect, and traditional moral standards.
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- 3. Human life is most valuable and its outweighs all our wealth and our other concerns. CCC 364 The human body shares in the dignity of "the image of God": it is a human body precisely because it is animated by a spiritual soul, and it is the whole human person that is intended to become, in the body of Christ, a temple of the Spirit:232
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