Situation Ethics Flashcards
What is situation ethics based on?
Doing the most loving thing
Is situation ethics subjective or objective?
Subjective
Who says that other virtues such as ‘jou, peace and generosity’ are equally as important as love?
St Paul
What is the golden rule?
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
What is the name of the view that rejects rules and regulations?
Antinomialism
What word refers to the belief that rules and regulations should be followed to the letter?
legalism
What is justice in situation ethics?
Love distributed
What one thing is intrinsically good?
Love
According to flethcher what makes a lie right?
Its loving purpose
State the 4 working principles
Pragmatism
Relativiam
Posivitism
Personalism
Define agapaeic love
Giving, non-reciprocal love which seeks the best interest of you neighbour.
Why do some Christian groups reject SE as a chrstian ethical theory?
It rejects the 10 commandments as being absolute
What is relativism?
That there are no absolute rules
Which scholar identified situation ehtics as being weak for being individualistic?
John Macqurne
What does situation ethics reject?
Legalism & antinomialism
What is the first proposition?
‘Only one thing is intrinsically good, namely love’
What is the third proposition?
‘Love and justice are the same for justice os love distributed’
According to Fletcher, what is the only moral law that has been revealed by God?
Love thy neighbour