Situation Ethics Evaluation Flashcards
(Strength) Puts _ before _, Jesus said “Sabbath was made for man not man for sabbath”
people & rules
(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”
individualised & different
(Strength) it is _ and suggests solutions that work
Pragmatic
(Strength) It focuses on the _ of an action, if the end doesn’t justify the means, what does?
Outcome
(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
reconcile
(strength) It allows you to _ with the times
change
(strength) It is _ and allows the individual to make their own decisions
autonomous
(strength) agape motivates people to be better and get rid of _
discrimination
(strength) Focuses on _ what better motive to act on?
love
(strength) It follows _ teachings to love thy neighbour
Jesus’
(strength) Situation ethics has most of the strengths of _ but doesn’t rely on unpredictable consequences
utilitarianism
(strength) love is not limited to cold hard _ and it allows us to be kind and passionate
reason
(weakness) we are supposed to follow _, they aren’t called the 10 suggestions
rules
(weakness) It is _ to say what you’re supposed to do, how can you consistently work out the most loving thing in every situation?
impossible
(weakness) It allows _ in the name of love
terrible things
(weakness) Paul himself said that christians should not do evil so that _, and paul had authority from Jesus to preach
good may come out of it
(weakness) Isolates the _ from moral decision making, and ignores thousands of years of wisdom in favour of idolising the individual
church
(weakness) Justice requires us to follow the law and treat all people _, Situation ethics allows us to treat people differently and break the rules
equally
(weakness) There is no _ for basing ethics on love, we are just supposed to accept there are no fixed rules
justification
(weakness) Barclay believed we can’t be trusted to do the right thing and this would only work if all men were _
angels
(weakness) The road to hell is paved with _, acting out of love does not mean you have done the right thing
good intentions
