Fletcher And His Three Approaches To Moral Thinking Flashcards
Fletcher divides moral thinking into three basic kinds: ?, antinomian and situational ethics.
Legalistic.
Legalistic ethics has a set of ? rules and regulations directing how you should behave (biblical commandments). Fletcher thought this led to a ? mindset.
Predefined.
Legalistic.
The legalist must add to the law book to cover these ?, resulting in a web of laws.
Eventualities.
For Fletcher, this mistake is found in Catholic Christianity, through adherence to ? ?, thus rejecting it.
Natural law.
Antinomian ethics is the reverse of ? Each attempt at moral decision-making is unique and Fletcher was critical of ?: “It is literally unprincipled”.
Legalistic.
Antinomianism.
With ?, how moral an action is depends on the situation. The situationist is prepared to set aside community or tradition rules if love seems better served.
Situational.
Situation ethics agrees that reason’s the instrument of ? ?
Moral judgements.
Lying’s justified if love better serves the person by lying in this particular ?
Situation.
Fletcher was influenced by ? Bultmann, Barth and Bonhoeffer.
Theologians.
Bultmann argued against the idea that Jesus sought to establish some new ethical ?
Ideology.
Barth argued that “God’s ?” can only be this individual example, not opposed to the idea of ? wrong actions.
Commanding.
Morally.
Bonhoeffer thought determining the will of God in any situation is based on two things: the need of one’s neighbour and the model of Jesus of ?
Nazareth.
