culture of death

English

Noun

culture of death

1. (theology) In moral theology, the concept that human life can be a means to some other end and not solely an end itself.
2. (theology, Catholic) According to Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, an opposite state to the "culture of life".
3. (politics) In contemporary political discourse, a culture that is deemed to be inconsistent with the concept of a "culture of life", such as cultures that support abortion, euthanasia, degradation, humiliation, human cloning, self-absorption, apathy, poverty and capital punishment . Some commentators would add to that list homosexuality, contraception and other phenomena perceived to attack marriage and the family.
4. A society that reveres suicide bombers as martyrs.

Translations

• French: culture de la mort
• Polish: cywilizacja śmierci

References

• Homosexuality is part of the culture of death
• (Martyrs) The Culture of Death: Terrorist Organizations and Suicide Bombing