Does Fletcher's Agape Mean Nothing More Than Wanting The Best For The Person Involved?

Question 1

Fletcher makes much of the Christian origins of agape love in his moral system, rooting it in the New Testament, arguing his ethical system’s a reading of ? ethics.

Answer 1

Christian.

Question 2

It could be argued the ? of love’s defined by whether or not the person in the moral problem gets a good result for them.

Answer 2

Virtue.

Question 3

Permitting rule breaking’s called love as someone gets their best result. If true, perhaps it isn’t a ?, loving action, similar to ? or following the best laws.

Answer 3

Selfless.

Utilitarianism.

Question 4

Fletcher used one biblical idea (?) as an argument against others (protecting life, sexual purity, being honest).

Answer 4

Agape.

Question 5

Fletcher seemed to have forgotten that loving your ? half of the rule - loving God’s a command of the Bible.

Answer 5

Neighbour’s.

Question 6

Fletcher’s religious foundation’s ? One response might be that the ? of love’s the heart of the Christian message.

Answer 6

Selective.

Centrality.