a Christian theory that is based on absolute obedience to God's commands as contained in the Bible
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antinomianism
the belief that there should be no rules or principles directing human behaviour
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situationism
the name Fletcher gave to his middle way between legalism and antinomianism
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existentialism
the general secular philosophy that humans make their own morality by their choices
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agape
the Greek word used in the New Testament and adopted by Fletcher to refer to selfless love
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Utilitarian
a theory that is concerned with consequences
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agapeic calculus
Fletcher's version of Bentham's hedonic calculus. Bentham belives that happiness can be measured by seven criteria such as intensity, duration, extent. Fletcher believed that agape could be similarly measured
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Card 2
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the belief that there should be no rules or principles directing human behaviour
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antinomianism
Card 3
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the name Fletcher gave to his middle way between legalism and antinomianism
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Card 4
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the general secular philosophy that humans make their own morality by their choices
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Card 5
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the Greek word used in the New Testament and adopted by Fletcher to refer to selfless love
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