"Only one thing is intrinsically good; namely love: nothing else at all."
Meaning: There is no action or moral rule that is good in itself.
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Second proposition
"The ruling norm of Christian decision is love: nothing else."
Meaning: Fletcher understood a norm to be a rule and appealed to Jesus' teaching that the most important commandment is to love God and your neighbour.
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Third proposition
"Love and justice are the same, for justice is love distributed, nothing else".
Meaning: Justice is the giving to every person what is their due, and that as the one thing due to everyone is love - love and justice are the same.
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Fourth proposition
"Love wills the neighbour's good, whether we like him or not".
Meaning: Because agape love involves sacrifice, people should give love without expecting a return.
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Fifth proposition
"Only the end justifies the means, nothing else."
Meaning: Situation ethics suggests that anything might be done if it brings about the most loving outcome.
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Sixth proposition
"Love's decisions are made situationally, not prescriptively."
Meaning: Because there is no way of knowing in advance whether something is right or wrong, the situationist has to be prepared to make moral decisions afresh.
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