Ethics- Situation Ethics

Question 1

Agape

Answer 1

the ‘selfless love’ principle which is the foundation of Situation Ethics developed by Joseph Fletcher

Question 2

Antinomianism

Answer 2

people don’t have to obey laws, situationalist approach

Question 3

Conscience

Answer 3

a person’s moral sense of right and wrong; the part of a person that judges the morality of one’s own actions

Question 4

4 Working Principles

Answer 4

one of the 2 sets of guiding principles, helps people decide what the most loving action in any given situation would be

Question 5

Homosexual relationship

Answer 5

a person being in a romantic and initmate (sometimes sexual) relationship with someone of the same sex

Question 6

Legalism

Answer 6

based on prefabicated rules by which people can make every moral decision, linked to the idea of obedience to a code of religious law

Question 7

Nuclear deterrence

Answer 7

the belief that the posession of an arsenal of nuclear weapons defends a state from attack by another state, merely on the basis of a threat to depoly such weapons

Question 8

Personalism

Answer 8

people, not laws must be put first in any given situation, and one must aim to achieve the most loving outcome

Question 9

Polyamorous relationship

Answer 9

practice and acceptance of intimate relationships that aren’t exclusive with respect to other sexual relationships, with knowledge and consent of everyone involved

Question 10

Positivism

Answer 10

one must accept that acting in the most loving way is the right thing to do without any rational proof that it is

Question 11

Pragmatism

Answer 11

it means one must evaluate the situation and perform whatever action is practical/workable, motivated by love

Question 12

Relativism

Answer 12

the view that there are no universal moral norms, but that an action should be judged right or wrong depending on the social, cultural and individual characteristics