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Situation Ethics Flashcards

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What religion does situation ethics root from?

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Christianity

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Who was its main thinker?

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Joseph Fletcher

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Is it teleological or deontological?

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Teleological

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How do you use situation ethics?

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In every situation think of what is the most loving outcome

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5
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What 4 types of love are there?

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Agape
Phila
Eros
Storge

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What is philia love?

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Friendship

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What is Storge love?

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Family

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What is eros love?

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Romantic love

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What is Agape love?

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Highest form of love
Unconditional
The love we have for mankind
Goes beyond emotions

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What is agape based off?

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‘Love thy neighbour’ - Jesus’ teachings

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Who was a previous writer to Fletcher who argued for ethics based on love?

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William Temple

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What was fletchers book called?

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Situation Ethics

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When was Fletchers book released?

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1966

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What is legalism?

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The view that people require fixed rules to follow

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What is antinomianism?

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The view that there are no rules or laws to follow at all

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What is situationism?

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The middle ground avoiding the problems of each while keeping the benefits

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What is a negative of legalism?

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It doesn’t take the situation into account

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What is a negative of antinomianism?

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It leads to moral chaos

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What is a positive of legalism?

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It has clear guidance for people to follow

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What is a positive of antinomianism?

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It takes the situation into account

21
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What was Fletchers job for a time?

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President of the Euthanasia Society of America

22
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What is a pneumatic for the four working principles?

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Penguins remember positive people

23
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What are the four working principles?

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Pragmatism
Relativism
Positivism
Personalism

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What is pragmatism?

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Based on experience rather than theory

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What is relativism?
There are no fixed rules that must be followed You should break laws if it the most loving thing to do
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What words do situationists avoid?
Never Perfect Always Complete And like the plague absolutely
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What are the different types of relativism?
Absolute - decisions are anarchic or random Situation - relative to Christian love
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What does situation ethics do?
‘Relativizes the absolute, it does not absolutize the relative’ - Fletcher
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Where does Jesus use relativism?
Jesus’ followers pick corn on the Sabbath as ‘the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath’
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What is Positivism?
It begins with the belief in the reality and importance of love
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What is personalism?
People are at the centre of situation ethics - not laws or anything else
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How many fundamental principles are there?
6
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What is the first proposition?
‘Only one thing is intrinsically good; namely love: nothing else at all’
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What is the second proposition?
‘The ruling norm of Christian decision is love; nothing else’
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What is the third proposition?
‘Love and justice are the same, for justice is love distributed, nothing else.’
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What is the fourth proposition?
‘Love wills the neighbour’s good whether we like him or not’
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What is the fifth proposition?
‘Only the end justifies the means; nothing else’
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What is the sixth principle?
‘Love decides there and then’
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Is conscience a noun or verb?
A verb
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What is the definition of conscience?
Describes the weighing up of the possible decision before it is taken
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What is Aquinas’ definition of conscience?
‘Reason seeking understanding’

Alevel RS OCR - Ethics (9 decks)

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