Situation Ethics

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  • Situation Ethics
    • Fletcher and the 3 approaches to moral thinking
      • Legalistic
        • Set of predefined rules and regulations which direct how you should behave
      • Antinomian
        • Reverse of legalistic ethics, doesn't use any law,principle or system of ethics
      • Situational
    • Agape Love
      • Unconditional love, Christianity is based on love
        • Therefore, situation ethics is appealing to Christians
    • The 6 Propositions
      • Should be kept in mind when seeking a moral decision
        • 1. Only one thing is intrinsically good; namely love: nothing else at all
          • 2.The ruling norm of christian decision is love: nothing else
            • 3. Love and Justice are the same, for justice is love distributed, nothing else
        • 4. Love wills the neighbour's good, whether we like him or not
          • 5. Only the end justifies the means; nothing else
            • 6. Love's decisions are made situationally not prescriptively
    • Examples
      • On the wilderness trail
      • Mrs Bergmeier
      • Lawrence and Hamed
    • Criticisms
      • Views on the most loving action will vary
      • May be exploited and immoral actions committed in the name of love
  • How moral an action is depends on the situation
    • Looks at dilemma following community or traditions but is prepared to set aside those rules in the situation if love is the better action
    • Situational
  • The four working principles
    • Guidance on how to think when coming to a solution
      • Pragmatism
        • Based on experience rather than theory
      • Relativism
        • decisions must be relative to Christian love
      • Positivism
        • Faith in love not obedience to laws or trust in human reasoning
    • Situation Ethics
      • Fletcher and the 3 approaches to moral thinking
        • Legalistic
          • Set of predefined rules and regulations which direct how you should behave
        • Antinomian
          • Reverse of legalistic ethics, doesn't use any law,principle or system of ethics
      • Agape Love
        • Unconditional love, Christianity is based on love
          • Therefore, situation ethics is appealing to Christians
      • The 6 Propositions
        • Should be kept in mind when seeking a moral decision
          • 1. Only one thing is intrinsically good; namely love: nothing else at all
            • 2.The ruling norm of christian decision is love: nothing else
              • 3. Love and Justice are the same, for justice is love distributed, nothing else
          • 4. Love wills the neighbour's good, whether we like him or not
            • 5. Only the end justifies the means; nothing else
              • 6. Love's decisions are made situationally not prescriptively
      • Examples
        • On the wilderness trail
        • Mrs Bergmeier
        • Lawrence and Hamed
      • Criticisms
        • Views on the most loving action will vary
        • May be exploited and immoral actions committed in the name of love

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