Bentham and Fletcher

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Founder of situation ethics?
Joseph Fletcher
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Year?
1966
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Main principle?
Agape love
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Religion it is based around?
Christian
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What Christian value?
'Love thy neighbour'
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Who commended his work?
Bishop Robinson
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Doesn't accept absolutes such as 'always' and 'never'?
Realtivism
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People always come first?
Personalism
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Love is always the most important considderation of all?
Positivism
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Must work in real life?
Pragmatism
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Who founded act utilitarianism?
Jeremy Bentham
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Greatest good, for the greatest...?
Number
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What type of theory?
Quantitive
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Striving to live a life filled with pleasure and no pain?
Hedonism
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Calculus done to preict the outcome of an action?
Hedonic calculus
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How innocent the action, and the reason behind it, is?
Purity
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How far off in the future is the pleasure or pain?
Remoteness
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The number of people effected by the decision?
Extent
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How long the effects of the decision last?
Duration
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How powerful the decision and it's effects are?
Intensity
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How likely is the desired result?
Certainty
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How long the consequences continue?
To be continued
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