situation ethics pixl test

Question 1

what is agape?

Answer 1

Agape is self-less love

we should act out of love for others and try to serve their best interests.

Question 2

What does the Bible say about agape?

Answer 2

Jesus said “Love God and love your neighbour as yourself”.

Question 3

One of the four working principles is ‘personalism’ what does this mean?

Answer 3

people are more important than rules.

This can be seen in the Bible when Jesus said “ man was not made for Sabbath”

Question 4

One of the four working principles is ‘positivism’, what does this mean?

Answer 4

Situation ethics begins with the belief in the reality and importance of love.
You have to start with a positive choice- you need to want to do good.

Question 5

One of the four working principles is ‘pragmatism’ what does this mean?

Answer 5

Situation ethics is based on experience rather than on theory and for an action to be good it has to be practical.

Question 6

What is the conscience to fletcher?

Answer 6

Conscience is a verb rather than a noun- it is something you do when you make decisions.

Question 7

One of the four working principles is ‘relativism’ what does this mean?

Answer 7

situation ethics is based on making the absolute laws of Christian ethics relative.

Question 8

Give an example of ‘relativism’?

Answer 8

so the absolute rules ‘do not steal’ becomes relative to love- if love demands stealing food for the hungry, you steal.

Question 9

Name the first 3 propositions?

Answer 9

1. ‘Only one ‘thing’ is intrinsically good: namely love: nothing else at all.
2. ‘The ruling norm of Christian decision making is love; nothing else.
3. ’ Love and justice are the same thing- for justice is love distributed nothing else’.

Question 10

Name the last 3 propositions?

Answer 10

4. ’ love wills the neighbour’s good whether we like him or not’.
5. Only the end justifies the means; nothing else’.
6. ’ That love decides there and then’.