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Situation Ethics Flashcards

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1
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Define Agape

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The Greek word for love; often translated as pure love

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How does agape differ from other loves, such as, family love?

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By being translated as pure love

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Define Legalism

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Set principles are applied as absolutes, regardless of the context

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Define Antinomianism

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The freedom of the individual is paramount, regardless of rules

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What did Fletcher propose?

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An approach to Christian Ethics called situationism, that considers each situation on ethics before applying the Christian principle of love (agape)

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What does Situation Ethics reject?

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Legalism

Antinomianism

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What did Situation Ethics prove useful for?

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Being the theological way of meeting a practical need in light of the radical social changes of the 20th Century; in particular, changing views on moral behaviour

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Who came up with Situation Ethics?

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Joseph Fletcher

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Should situations be considered independently in Situation Ethics?

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Yes, no situation should be used as a blueprint for another

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What does Fletcher argue about absolute principles?

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They do not work in the real world

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What are the four presumptions of Situation Ethics?

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Pragmatism
Relativism
Positivism
Personalism

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What are the six fundamental principles of Situation Ethics?

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Only love is intrinsically good
The ruling norm of Christians decisions is love
Love and justice are the same
Love wills the neighbour’s good whether we like him or night
Only the end justifies the means, nothing else
Love’s decisions are made situationally

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Who came up with Agape?

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Jesus

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What did Rudolph Bultmann say about Jesus?

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That Jesus didn’t teach a system of ethics, only “love thy neighbour”

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Who was Fletcher responding to?

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Bultmann

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What was Fletcher inspired by?

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The bible but he was not an absolutist

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What does Fletcher say he avoided?

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The pitfalls of both Antinomianism and legalism

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What was the pitfall of legalism?

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Wasn’t flexible

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What was the pitfall of Antinomianism?

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Not principled

20
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What type of theory is Situation Ethics?

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Consequentialist

21
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Define pragmatism

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Moral actions must work or achieve some realistic goal

22
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Define relativism

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There are no fixed laws which must always be obeyed

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Define positivism

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First place is given to Christian love, rooted in faith. Belief precedes action.

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Define Personalism

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People come first, not rules or ideals.

25
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What are the six presuppositions also called?

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The six fundamental principles

26
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What are six fundamental principles also called?

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The six presuppositions

27
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What are the 3 basic principles to ethics identified by Fletcher?

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Legalism
Antinomianism
Situationism

28
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Name another person supportive of Situation Ethics?

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Bishop John Robinson

29
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What did Bishop John Robinson say?

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“Assertions about God are in the last analysis assertions about God”

30
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Name 4 strengths of Situation Ethics

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Christian system
Flexible relativist system
It emphasises love
It avoids conflicts of duty which are experienced in absolute systems

31
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Why is being a Christian system a strength?

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Because it consistent with the teaching of Jesus

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What are four weaknesses of Situation Ethics?

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It’s a Christian system
It’s a relativist system
“Love” is very subjective
It is difficult to predict the future results of actions

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Why is Situation Ethics being a Christian system a weakness?

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Because Atheists and those of other faiths might not want to follow the example of Jesus unlike Utilitarianism is secular.

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Why is being a relativist system being a weakness?

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It could allow for almost any action

35
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What did Bultmann say in regards to Christian Ethics?

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“Love thy neighbour” is the only system of ethics Jesus taught

36
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Could anyone follow Situation Ethics, regardless of religion?

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Yes, there are no instructions to worship God

37
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What principle is applied by Fletcher to Situation Ethics?

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Agape

38
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What did Richard Dawkins say about Situation Ethics?

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That it is Utopian and is “ideal in a world of saints”, which doesn’t exist

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What did Zygmund Bauman say?

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That legalistic ethical systems rob people of their ability to make moral decisions in the world

40
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What did Fletcher say about following a moral law?

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“A situationist follows a moral law or violates it according to love’s need”

41
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What does Situation Ethics suit?

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A world where there is uncertainty of what is right and what is wrong

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