strenghts Flashcards
1.strength
the theory is simple and easy to understand therefore more people will be in favour of the theory because it seems accessible at the first sight. It’s also common sense so more people will be in favour.
- strength from weakness 2
that it is based on the teachings of Jesus and St. Paul which is the commandment to love and as Fletcher is a Christian as is JAT Robinson it shows that doing the most loving thing won’t cause any harm as love is harmless and looks for the best interests in every human.
- strengths: flexibility
its flexibility due to its allowance of a pragmatic approach to decision making, as opposed to the rule-based system imposed by the Church. With this amount of flexibility, it is easy to see how Situation Ethics is
compatible with modern standards and teachings since it takes the circumstances of a situation into account in order to reach an outcome with the most love.
Doesnt reject laws
but sees them as useful tools which are not absolutely binding. As opposed to a legalistic, who follows the absolutes, and believes they must tell the truth could one day be faced with a murderer who wanted to find out where their wife was, they would be in an impossible position and most likely go against their approach. An advantage of asituationistis that they can lay aside the rule of not lying for the better outcome of saving a person’s life.
AGAPE IS CENTRAL TO MORALITY…
is the basis of Fletcher’s theory and there can only be a Christian basis of morality if agape love is seen as central to morality, if we follow how love guides us how can it be wrong?
