Situation Ethic
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- Created on: 02-05-14 21:23
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- Situation Ethics
- Main Features
- Teleologica,
- consequentialist
- relativist
- religious & agapeistic -
- based on Mark 2- Jesus pickkng grain on sabbath
- Joseph Fletcher
- each situation is unique, no ethical standards that can consistently be applied in all situations
- ethical theories should be flexible
- "for situationists there are no rules"
- agape love is the only guiding principle in morality- from golden rule
- 4 Working Principles
- pragmatism, relativism, positivism, personalism (praper porel)
- 6 Fun
- Proportionalism
- Bernard Hoose- middle ground between SE & NML
- we should have fixed moral rules that apply to all unless we have proportionate reason to break
- rejects legalistic (law first) and antinomian (no law)
- depending on situation, right thing is to act in most loving way
- Strengths
- shows Christians biblical laws are not entirely rigid
- provides prop' reason to break ethical principles
- flexible & adaptable - consequentialist, not tied to rules
- fundamental principles define love, easy to put in action
- allows us to consider greater good
- Weaknesses
- religious- will not appeal to all
- idea of love is subjective
- bad acts that bring loving consequences allowed
- DETRIMENTAL- absolute love is still a law
- consequentialist- have to predict future
- RC- unconditional love polluted by humanity- stranger over child
- BARC- Swayed by emotion or fear & Humans need law, subjective love dangerous
- Robinson "man come of age"
- 60's time shifting, people moving away from church
- Main Features
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