Theo 215 final exam ust (A+ GRADED)

How does one Die Well? correct answers By living well (ars viviendi = "art of living"): cultivating the virtues (dispositions of character) that allow one to live life well, to live it excellently, to flourish as a human being. Compassion correct answers The capacity to be moved by another's misfortune in a way that leads us to act on his or her behalf. Utilitarian Vision (approach to dying) correct answers Compassion as the Elimination of the Patient's Physical and Existential Suffering and the Maximization of Patient's Autonomy Maximization of Patient's Autonomy correct answers In this vision of dying compassion is measured by how well a caregiver eliminates a patient's suffering and maximizes a patient's autonomy. Three Components of Compassion correct answers 1) Patient Autonomy (Listening) 2) Relief of Physical & Existential Suffering 3) The Principle of Non-Abandonment Contemporary Christian Vision of Dying Well correct answers Patience, Hope and Compassion Patience: Jesus is the model of patience correct answers the practice of patience involves enduring suffering and dying with a serenity and peacefulness that comes from the belief that pain, suffering and death are not the final word about life. Hope as a mean correct answers The mean between cynicism, or, what is called, "vitalism" (the belief that physical life must be preserved at all cost and at all times), and facile or cheap hope, which sees death as little more than the same as this life. Hope also is: correct answers Hope is the enduring faithfulness in God's promise of a fundamentally new life with God. Four Components to Christian Compassion correct answers 1) Listening to the voice of the one suffering ("silent empathy"): - Genuine compassion often involves the ability to be with the person who is suffering in silence, setting aside one's expectations, wishes, and advice. 2) Entering into (experiencing) the sufferer's pain as one's own: - Emotionally involving oneself in the experience of another's suffering 3) Acting to ease or eliminate suffering: a) Non-coercive empowerment of the sufferer b) Restoring the voice of the dying 4) Connecting the dying to the Christian community: - Eliminating the fear of abandonment and isolation by drawing the dying into the Christian community and connecting their suffering to Christ.