Situation Ethics Flashcards
What is agape
Brotherly love
What are the ethical systems
-Antinomianism
-Situation ethics
-Legalism
What is antinomianism
Freedom from any external rules
What is situation ethics
Agape love(do the most loving thing)
What is legalism
Absolute,established rules
What does mark 2:27 say?
The sabbath was made for the man and not man for the sabbath
What is personalism
Putting the other person first
What are the four working principles
-Pragmatism
-Relativism
-Positivism
-Personalism
What is pragmatism
The proposed course of action should be successful.
The success or failure of a thought or action should be judged by love
What is relativism
Rejection of the words:’never’,’always’,’absolute’
-different situations require different loving responses
What is theological naturalism
Reason leads to faith and faith is based on human experience
What is theological positivism
Faith is accepted on a voluntary basis and reasoning is within faith rather than on the basis of faith
What is positivism
Christian love is established by saying yes to faith because God is love
What is personalism
What is the best decision to help humans,loving people and not just abstract law
What does fletcher think about conscience
Conscience doesn’t exist,its a term used to attempt to make decisions appropriately according to a situation
What are the six fundamental principles
-Nothing is good in and of itself except love
-Love decides which actions are right or wrong
-Justice is love
-Love wants good for all,no matter who they are
-Only the end justifies the means
-Love is acted out situationally not prescriptively
What is polygamy
The practise of having simultaneous intimate relationships with one or more person at a time,with the knowledge and consent of all partners
What are the five values of polygamy
-Faithfulness
-Communication
-Gender equality
-No jealousy
-Trust
What verse does Wayne Jackson use to evaluate situation ethics
Jeremiah 10:23-I know,Lord,that our lives are not our own and we are not able to plan our own course
How else does Wayne Jackson evaluate situation ethics
-Fletcher’s theory is self contradictory
-It is purely subjective
-Remove God from the throne
-Assumes that love is the cure to call moral problems
What does the bible say about Christ being a situationist
Argues support,David and his men eating the showbread that was reserved for priests.
And
Rahab and the spies
Why may the story of Rahab and the spies not support situationist views
-Rahab’s lie isn’t condoned
“All lying is condemned”-Revelation 21:8
What can the story of Rahab teach Christians
The story proves an example of a time where God rewarded someone who kept faith in spite of their mistakes(being a harlot)
