situation ethics

Question 1

what was fletchers book

Answer 1

1966, Situation Ethics

Question 2

what is legalism and what was fletchers view on this

Answer 2

predefined rules on behavior, rejected this

Question 3

what is antinomianism

Answer 3

rejection of all laws, fletcher was against this also

Question 4

what is situation ethics

Answer 4

situationally dependent ethics, with moral decisions depending on what actions best serve love

Question 5

what is agape

Answer 5

selfless christian love

Question 6

what was the famous ‘situation’ in situation ethics

Answer 6

mrs bergmeir

Question 7

what are the six propositions of situation ethics

Answer 7

1) only love is intrinsically good
2) love is the ruling norm of Christian decision
3) love and justice are the same
4) love is for the neighbor
5) only the end justifies the means
6) loves decisions are situational not prescriptive

Question 8

what are the four working principles of situation ethics

Answer 8

-pragmatism (will it work)
-relativism
-positivism (commitment to a belief in a loving God)
-personalism (focus on the individual rather than rules)

Question 9

strengths of situation ethics

Answer 9

-flexible
-biblically backed (sermon on the mount)
-can change with times

Question 10

weaknesses of situation ethics

Answer 10

-some rules are essential you cant just neglect them e.g. traffic laws
-Pope Pius XII too individualistic and subjective
-indivisualistic which goes against the idea of community emphasised in the New Testement
-Ramsey, rejected act agapeism and proposed rule agapeism
-can slip into antinomianism
-Fletcher on Down’s Syndrome…
-fletcher turns against christianity in 67 as ‘weird’