Situation Ethics

Question 1

What is agape

Answer 1

Brotherly love

Question 2

What are the ethical systems

Answer 2

-Antinomianism
-Situation ethics
-Legalism

Question 3

What is antinomianism

Answer 3

Freedom from any external rules

Question 4

What is situation ethics

Answer 4

Agape love(do the most loving thing)

Question 5

What is legalism

Answer 5

Absolute,established rules

Question 6

What does mark 2:27 say?

Answer 6

The sabbath was made for the man and not man for the sabbath

Question 7

What is personalism

Answer 7

Putting the other person first

Question 8

What are the four working principles

Answer 8

-Pragmatism
-Relativism
-Positivism
-Personalism

Question 9

What is pragmatism

Answer 9

The proposed course of action should be successful.
The success or failure of a thought or action should be judged by love

Question 10

What is relativism

Answer 10

Rejection of the words:’never’,’always’,’absolute’
-different situations require different loving responses

Question 11

What is theological naturalism

Answer 11

Reason leads to faith and faith is based on human experience

Question 12

What is theological positivism

Answer 12

Faith is accepted on a voluntary basis and reasoning is within faith rather than on the basis of faith

Question 13

What is positivism

Answer 13

Christian love is established by saying yes to faith because God is love

Question 14

What is personalism

Answer 14

What is the best decision to help humans,loving people and not just abstract law

Question 15

What does fletcher think about conscience

Answer 15

Conscience doesn’t exist,its a term used to attempt to make decisions appropriately according to a situation

Question 16

What are the six fundamental principles

Answer 16

-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

Question 17

What is polygamy

Answer 17

The practise of having simultaneous intimate relationships with one or more person at a time,with the knowledge and consent of all partners

Question 18

What are the five values of polygamy

Answer 18

-Faithfulness
-Communication
-Gender equality
-No jealousy
-Trust

Question 19

What verse does Wayne Jackson use to evaluate situation ethics

Answer 19

Jeremiah 10:23-I know,Lord,that our lives are not our own and we are not able to plan our own course

Question 20

How else does Wayne Jackson evaluate situation ethics

Answer 20

-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

Question 21

What does the bible say about Christ being a situationist

Answer 21

Argues support,David and his men eating the showbread that was reserved for priests.

And

Rahab and the spies

Question 22

Why may the story of Rahab and the spies not support situationist views

Answer 22

-Rahab’s lie isn’t condoned
“All lying is condemned”-Revelation 21:8

Question 23

What can the story of Rahab teach Christians

Answer 23

The story proves an example of a time where God rewarded someone who kept faith in spite of their mistakes(being a harlot)