Situation Ethics Flashcards
Who developed the theory of Situation ethics?
Joseph Fletcher
Which two people did Fletcher quote?
Bishop Robin
Rudolf Bultmann
Give Fletcher’s third principle”
“Love and justice are the same - for justice is love distributed”
Give Rudolf Bultmann’s quote
“Jesus has no ethics apart from love thy neighbour”
What is the key line from the Cab driver anecdote?
“there are times when a man has to push his principles aside and do the right thing”.
Give Fletcher’s sixth principle.
“Loves decisions are made situationally not prescriptively”
Name the four types of love and their technical terms?
family - s’trage
friends - philia
sexual - eros
unconditional love for all people - agape
Is Situation ethics teleological or deontological?
Teleological.
What part of the bible is Situation ethics based on?
The New Testament.
Complete the quote:
“Love wills the __________ ____ _______ __ ____ ___ or not”.
“Love wills the neighbour’s good whether we like him or not”
Give Fletcher’s second principle.
“the ruling norm of Christian decision making is love - nothing else”
What is Fletcher’s first principle?
“The only thing that’s intrinsically good; namely love: nothing else”.
Complete the quote:
“the ruling ____ __ __________ decision making is ____ - nothing else.”
“the ruling norm of Christian decision making is love - nothing else”
Give Bishop Robin’s quote
“There is no one ethical system that can claim to be Christian “
“The Situationist _______ a ____ ___or ________ it according to _____ ____.
“The Situationist FOLLOWS a MORAL LAW or VIOLATES it according to LOVES NEED.
Give Fletcher’s fifth principle.
“Only the end justifies the means - nothing else”.
When was Fletcher prominent?
In the 1960s.
Give Fletcher’s fourth principle.
“Love wills the neighbour’s good whether we like him or not”.
According to Fletcher there are how many ethical systems - name them?
there are 3 ethical systems:
Legalism
Antinomianism
Situationalism
Complete the quote:
“Only the ___ _________ the _____ - nothing else.”
“Only the end justifies the means - nothing else.”
What is Agapeic Calculus and give two things that it considers?
It is a measure of how loving and action is.
- How long it lasts
- whether love is served
Complete the quote:
“Love’s ________ are made __________ not ____________”
“Love’s decisions are made situationally not prescriptively”.
