Situation Ethics Evaluation

Question 1

(Strength) Puts _ before _, Jesus said “Sabbath was made for man not man for sabbath”

Answer 1

people & rules

Question 2

(Strength) Allows _ responses to _ contexts, rules are useful but there are exceptions “Sometimes you have to push aside your principles and do the right thing”

Answer 2

individualised & different

Question 3

(Strength) it is _ and suggests solutions that work

Answer 3

Pragmatic

Question 4

(Strength) It focuses on the _ of an action, if the end doesn’t justify the means, what does?

Answer 4

Outcome

Question 5

(Strength) A great way for the church to _ strict rules in the Bible with jesus’ anti-legalistic approach as it is a middle way between legalism and antinomianism

Answer 5

reconcile

Question 6

(strength) It allows you to _ with the times

Answer 6

change

Question 7

(strength) It is _ and allows the individual to make their own decisions

Answer 7

autonomous

Question 8

(strength) agape motivates people to be better and get rid of _

Answer 8

discrimination

Question 9

(strength) Focuses on _ what better motive to act on?

Answer 9

love

Question 10

(strength) It follows _ teachings to love thy neighbour

Answer 10

Jesus’

Question 11

(strength) Situation ethics has most of the strengths of _ but doesn’t rely on unpredictable consequences

Answer 11

utilitarianism

Question 12

(strength) love is not limited to cold hard _ and it allows us to be kind and passionate

Answer 12

reason

Question 13

(weakness) we are supposed to follow _, they aren’t called the 10 suggestions

Answer 13

rules

Question 14

(weakness) It is _ to say what you’re supposed to do, how can you consistently work out the most loving thing in every situation?

Answer 14

impossible

Question 15

(weakness) It allows _ in the name of love

Answer 15

terrible things

Question 16

(weakness) Paul himself said that christians should not do evil so that _, and paul had authority from Jesus to preach

Answer 16

good may come out of it

Question 17

(weakness) Isolates the _ from moral decision making, and ignores thousands of years of wisdom in favour of idolising the individual

Answer 17

church

Question 18

(weakness) Justice requires us to follow the law and treat all people _, Situation ethics allows us to treat people differently and break the rules

Answer 18

equally

Question 19

(weakness) There is no _ for basing ethics on love, we are just supposed to accept there are no fixed rules

Answer 19

justification

Question 20

(weakness) Barclay believed we can’t be trusted to do the right thing and this would only work if all men were _

Answer 20

angels

Question 21

(weakness) The road to hell is paved with _, acting out of love does not mean you have done the right thing

Answer 21

good intentions