situation ethics

Question 1

four working principles

Answer 1

pragmatism-work towards loving outcome
personalism- must show love to individual person
relativism- no absolute rules other than love
positivism- faith first

Question 2

6 fundamental principles

Answer 2

justice is love distributed
only love intrinsically good
christian moral basis is love
love wills neighbours good
only end justifies means
love decides there and then

Question 3

agape

Answer 3

drawn from greatest commandment being ‘love your neighbour as yourself’
whatever maximises this is allowed

Question 4

conscience

Answer 4

enables you to figure our the requirements of agape in situation
disagreed that it is innate sense of right and wrong

Question 5

strengths

Answer 5

designed for modern society
humanity has now ‘come of age’ so need less fixed rules to decide right thing
founded on liberal approach to bible

Question 6

weakness

Answer 6

barclay- that amount of freedom is dangerous
- for freedom to be good love has to be perfect
humans are selfish and not come of age so this cant happen
power (freedom) corrupts
love is not only element of christian ethics