Situation Ethics

Question 1

relativist

Answer 1

what is right or wrong depends on the situation

Question 2

legalism

Answer 2

Biblicist approach to Christian ethics too legalistic

Question 3

antinomian

Answer 3

that each person should decide for themselves what is ‘right’ - is too open to abuse

Question 4

agape

Answer 4

only absolute rule is unconditional love

Question 5

Mrs Bergmeir

Answer 5

baby

Question 6

young patient in a psychiatric ward

Answer 6

became pregnant after rape by fellow patient. Her father requested an abortion, but this was refused on the grounds that her life was not in danger

Question 7

four working principles

Answer 7

pragmatism, relativism, positivism, personalism

Question 8

Christ

Answer 8

he chose to work on the sabbath, claiming that people followed the letter, but failed to recognise the heart of the law

Question 9

six propositions

Answer 9

1. only one thing is intrinsically good -love
2. the ruling norm of Christian decisions is love; nothing else
3. love and justice are the same thing
4. love wills the neighbours good
5. the end justifies the means
6. Love’s decisions are made situationally, not prescriptively

Question 10

sacrificial suicide

Answer 10

where a terminally ill man refuses life extending drugs so that he will die before his life insurance runs out. that way his wife an children are provided for

Question 11

hiroshima

Answer 11

is an agapeisitc act because it ended the war with Japan but it but killed millions

Question 12

Fletcher

Answer 12

conscience is the process of reason which we use to reach decisions

Question 13

Pragmatism

Answer 13

practical outcome

Question 14

Relativism

Answer 14

the rightness of each action depends upon the circumstances

Question 15

Positivism

Answer 15

you must act with faith that the most loving course of action will result with the best outcome

Question 16

Personalism

Answer 16

you must put people before the law