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Situation Ethics Flashcards

1
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What is situation ethics based on?

A

Doing the most loving thing

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2
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Is situation ethics subjective or objective?

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Subjective

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3
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Who says that other virtues such as ‘jou, peace and generosity’ are equally as important as love?

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St Paul

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4
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What is the golden rule?

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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you

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5
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What is the name of the view that rejects rules and regulations?

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Antinomialism

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6
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What word refers to the belief that rules and regulations should be followed to the letter?

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legalism

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7
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What is justice in situation ethics?

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Love distributed

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8
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What one thing is intrinsically good?

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Love

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9
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According to flethcher what makes a lie right?

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Its loving purpose

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10
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State the 4 working principles

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Pragmatism
Relativiam
Posivitism
Personalism

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11
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Define agapaeic love

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Giving, non-reciprocal love which seeks the best interest of you neighbour.

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12
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Why do some Christian groups reject SE as a chrstian ethical theory?

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It rejects the 10 commandments as being absolute

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13
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What is relativism?

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That there are no absolute rules

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14
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Which scholar identified situation ehtics as being weak for being individualistic?

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John Macqurne

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15
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What does situation ethics reject?

A

Legalism & antinomialism

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16
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What is the first proposition?

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‘Only one thing is intrinsically good, namely love’

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17
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What is the third proposition?

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‘Love and justice are the same for justice os love distributed’

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18
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According to Fletcher, what is the only moral law that has been revealed by God?

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Love thy neighbour

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19
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When did the cultural transformation take place?

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1960

20
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How did the cultural transformation impact christianity?

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Left christians questioning where their morality lay and it made them ask what role christianity and religion would play in their lives.

21
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Finish the Sixth propostition, ‘Love’s descisions are made….

A

Situationally not prescriptively.”

22
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What is fletchers cloak and dagger argument?

A

A female agnet sleeping with the enemy spy to bring war to an end sooner saving thousands of lives

23
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What does it means love justifies the means

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An action is justified as long as there is a loving outcome

24
Q

Give 2 examples of when Jesus takes a situationist approach

A

Woman caught commiting adultery
Disciples in the cornfields

25
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What does fletcher mean when he says love is the only norm?

A

Love replaces law and agape love replaces old testament

26
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What types of christian ethics does Fletcher reject?

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Natural moral law
Divine commandment ethics

27
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What is personalism?

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The proposition that shows people are to be put first in situation ethics not law or anything else

28
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What is posivitism?

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The proposition that posits love as good and true and belief in reality.

29
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What is pragmatism?

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A propostiton based on experience not theory.

30
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What is the conscience according to fletcher?

A

The process of weighing things up

31
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What does situation ethics promote according to its supportes?

A

Individual autonomy

32
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What does Kierkegaard say about situation ethics?

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A divine commandment from God transcends ethics

33
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What is individual autonomy?

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The capacity to decide for oneslef regardless of any particualr moral content

34
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How does situation ethics promote social justice?

A

It forces people to analyse situations in terms of the desired ends which motivates them to think for the better and challenge discrimination.

35
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What is joseph fletchers theory sometimes called?

A

Agapaestic Calculus

36
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What is the name of Joseph Fletcher’s Book?

A

Situation ethics: The new morality

37
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Finish the Quote by Joseph Fletcher, “Love relativises the….

A

absolute, it does not absolute the relative.’

38
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What was Joseph Fletchers example of sacrificial adultery?

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Prisoner of war sleeping with guard to get pregnant and be released.

39
Q

Name 4 possible critisisms of situation ethics

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-Vague
-Too individualistic
-Gape love ignores special duties found in special relationships
-Puts too much responsibility on the individual

40
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How is FLetchers definition of conscience different from natural law?

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It is a verb- something u do, a function rather than a faculty.

41
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What is pope Pius’ critisism pf situation ethics?

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‘situation ethics leaves man to itself’ once agian individualtistic argument

42
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State a quote that show fletcher rejects natural moral law

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’ There are no universal laws held by all men- everwhere at all times’

43
Q

Finish the quote from Jesus. “I have not come to…….

A

abolish the law but to uphold and fulfill them.”

44
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What hyear did fletcher write his book?

A

1966

45
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What are teleological ethics?

A

Ethics that looks at the product or consequences of an action to decide whether it is right or wrong.

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