situation ethics

Question 1

what type of theory is it?

Answer 1

relativist/ telological

Question 2

who was the theory outlined by?

Answer 2

joseph fltcher “situation ethics”

Question 3

what is agape?

Answer 3

unconditional love

Question 4

name three types of agape?

Answer 4

• unconditional
• sacrafical
• alturistic

Question 5

who is the source of agape?

Answer 5

god

Question 6

quote for agape?

Answer 6

“love one another as i have loved you”

Question 7

what did Jesus say about sabbath?

Answer 7

“sabbath was made for man not man made ofr the sabbath”

Question 8

what did Jesus say in the sermon on the mount about Jewish law?

Answer 8

“i have not come to abolish the law and prophets but to fulfill them”

Question 9

what is the highest form of love?

Answer 9

sacrificial

Question 10

what should we do in a moral dilemma (fletcher)?

Answer 10

do whatever brings about the most loving outcome

Question 11

what must we ask in every moral situation?

Answer 11

how can love be served best

Question 12

what is the over riding principle of love served best?

Answer 12

agapeistic calculus

Question 13

name 4 of the six propositions?

Answer 13

• love is the ruling norm
• love is the only thing that is intrinsically good
• love wills neighbors good (regardless of whether the neighbor is liked or not)
• love is the goal

Question 14

in SE does the end justify the means?

Answer 14

yes, outcome that’s important LOVE

Question 15

what are the four working principles?

Answer 15

• pragmatism (experience rather theory- course of action should work)
• personalism (person at center-)
• relativism (making absolute Christian laws relative)
• positivism (importance of love, faith first)

Question 16

what are fletches 4 moral situations?

Answer 16

• sacrificial suicide- pill, £ or no £
• justifiable mass killing- bomb= peace no bomb=war
• patriarchic prostitution- sleep with and black mail stop war
• sacrificial adulatory- sleep with guard

Question 17

what four working principles apply to:

• sacrificial suicide?
• mass killing?
• prostitution?
• adulatory?

Answer 17

-personalism- not about money about people

• per- killing people not loving
• prag- ends war= love= works

-rel-rejects her morals

rel- ‘dogma not pragma’
prag- outcome= worked
per- family important

positivism aplies to all

Question 18

what did john hennery Newman say conscience was?

Answer 18

voice of god

Question 19

what did Aquinas think of conscience?

Answer 19

practical reason, enables us to work out what we ought to do. “reason making right decisions”
use it to reflect on previous actions

Question 20

what does fletcher say on conscience?

Answer 20

error lies in thinking conscience as a noun instead of verb, conscience is merely a word for our attempts to make decisions creatively, constructively, fittingly

Question 21

for fletcher do humans have a conscience?

Answer 21

no its a process not part of us

Question 22

is fletcher interested in future or past conscience?

Answer 22

future