Situation Ethics at a glance
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- Created on: 11-03-14 22:16
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- Situation ethics
- Four Presuppositions
- Pragmatism
- Relativism
- positivism
- Personalism
- Six fundamentals
- Only one is intrinsically good
- The ultimate norm for Christian decision is love
- Love and justice are the same - love is justice distrobuted
- Love wills the neighbour whether we like them or not
- Only the end justifies the means
- Decisions ought to be made situationally
- Strenghts
- It is easy to understand
- Constantly being updated to fit new issues
- It is flexible depending on the situation
- Focuses on human concern for others - agape love
- Weaknesses
- Too many grey areas i.e. flexibility allowing many things
- Unclear boundaries
- Can be easily exploited by claims of acting out of agape
- Many people may not have achieved spiritual maturity
- It allows things that aren't in line with Christian teachings.
- Four Presuppositions
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