weaknesses of situation ethics

What constitutes as a situation

????

What kind of approach is it

A teleoloical approach (focusing on the outcome of love) but how can you predict an action will bring love?

Does it provide a simple answer to difficult questions

No (rule based ethics do)

What love is served in a given situation what does it focus upon

The person or persons involved but how far do you consider the people affected by a decision (ripples in a pond)

Do you consider future affects

We dont know

What is fletcher selective in

Which biblical passages he chooses ( chooses only ones centred on love)

Why is humans being fallible a weakness

We often fail to consider the interests of others. Often more concerned with your own interests

Are fletchers ideas surrounding conscience good

No they are vague and seem to be more about acting 'conscientiouly' his remarks about conscience are brief, and leave much unaddressed

What did john Macquarie argue about situationism

Fundamentally and incurably individualistic - never a basis for social morality

What did D.Z. Phillips argue

'When one finds oneself in situations where, whatever ones does is going to hurt soemone'