Situation Ethics

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Antinomianism

Abandonment of all rules

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Secular

Ideology that any religious practice or symbol that are excluded from the public sphere + limited to the private sphere e.g home

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Legalism

Adherence to previously established rules

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Dues ex machina

A supernatural being who intervenes in the world from outside it

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Agape

Noble love

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4 Working principles

Pragmatism, Relativism, Personalism, Positivism

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Old morality

The strict application of Torah Law/ Legalism

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New morality

Jesus’ idea of how the law should be applied

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Situation Ethics

The method of ethical decision making that states that you must consider noble love (agape) in decision making, and that a moral decision is correct IF it is the most loving thing to do.

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Pragmatism

A practical way of doing things

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Positivism

Something that you can verify through experience/observations

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Personalism

Something that is personal to the individual

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Falsification

Falsification of a statement through evidence / observation

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Fletcher’s main quote

“Morality of an action depends on the situation”

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Pope Pious XII’s Criticisms

  • Situation Ethics is subjective as decisions are made from what the situation is perceived to be

  • Let’s you use love as a justification for doing harmful things

  • Individualistic as humans see things from their own perspective. Unconditional love can be polluted by selfish human desires.

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Barclay’s Criticisms

  • Situation ethics does not follow any rules/laws which are critical for a society to function otherwise people will make their own unethical judgements

  • Laws have been proven to be beneficial and useful

  • Fletcher uses unusual and extraordinary examples which are much easier to argue with

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‘man come of age’

  • Said by Robinson

  • The view that a man is mature and developed enough to make ethical decisions themselves without God’s help.

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Four love types

  • Written by CS Lewis

  • Storge - affection for familiar people such as family

  • Philia - Friendship love that is a strong, non-romantic connection between two people

  • Eros - Romantic love between two people

  • Agape - An unconditional love

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Fletcher’s 6 fundamental principles

  • Only one thing is intrinsically good; love and nothing else at all

  • The ruling norm of Christian decision is love: nothing else

  • Love and justice are the same, for justice is love distributed, nothing else

  • Love wills the neighbour’s good, whether we like him or not

  • Only the end justifies the means, nothing else

  • Love’s decisions are made situationally, not prescriptively

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Fletcher’s examples of Agape love

  • A woman killing her crying baby in order to prevent a group of people from being attacked whilst trying to escape

  • A prisoner of war committing adultery with a guard to become pregnant and return to her family

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Strengths of Situation Ethics

  • Responds to the changing social and moral climate to provide a realistic Christian alternative

  • Remains within Jesus’ teachings + his rejection of legalism

  • Provides flexibility to respond to individual situations

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