preservation of life
Keeping beings alive
Preservation of life is the protection and maintenance of living beings, especially human life.
The phrase appears in medical ethics, where preservation of life may be weighed against quality of life or patient autonomy: The hospital's first duty is the preservation of life.
In legal contexts, it justifies emergency interventions: Officers cited preservation of life as grounds for entering without a warrant.
Religious and philosophical traditions often treat preservation of life as a fundamental moral principle.
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- life or deathMaximally high stakes
- rescueSave from harm
- lifesavingPreserving human existence
- first aidInitial injury treatment
protection · CPR · mouth to mouth · breathing · heartbeat · shelter · sustenance · basic needs · safeguard · emergency · emergency response · vital · survival instinct · pulse · oxygen · life support · resuscitation · defend
- legal necessitynecessity, legal justification, justification, legal excuse, duress
preservation of lifeeuthanasia
Deliberate death for relief
mercy killing · assisted suicide · killing · physician-assisted death · pulling the plug
preservation of lifeextermination
Complete destruction of a group
pro-death · culture of death · death cult · human sacrifice · genocide
preservation of lifekilling
Causing death deliberately
euthanasia · murder · homicide · extermination · assisted suicide
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