The Theory of Situation Ethics

Three kinds of ethical theory
Fletcher says that there are essentially three main ways of making moral decisions.
LEGALISTIC ETHICS - has a set of prefabricated moral rules and regulations
christianity and judaism have lagalistic ethical traditions
christianity has been based on natural law or biblical commandments
according to fletcher legalistic ethics runs into problems when life's complexities require additional laws
for example once murder has been prohibited you have to then clarify killing in self defence/ war/ unborn human beings and so on...
the lagalist must include all of those alternatives into the one rule or create new laws in order to cover the results.
this can produce a choking web of laws
textbook morality, requiring people to check a manual before they decide what is right or wrong
for fletcher this has been a mistake made by catholics through their adhearance to natural law.
fletcher rejects lagalistic ethics.
ANTINOMIAN ETHICS - is quite the reverse to legalistic ethics.
'antinomian' really means 'against law'
a person using antinomianism doesnt use an…

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