rs ethics keywords

agape and joseph fletcher

the selfless love principle which is the foundation of situation ethics developed by joseph fletcher. who formalised the theory known as situation ethics

antinomianism

the idea that people are under no obligation to obey the laws of ethics or morality as presented by religious authorities. there are no rules, laws or principles which must be followed.

personalism

one of fletchers four working principles: people not laws, must be put first in any given situation, and one must aim to achieve the most loving outcome.

four working principles

one of two sets of guiding principles of situation ethics (the other being the six fundamental principles) devised by fletcher in order to help assess what the most loving action is in any given situation.

legalism

an ethical approach based on prescribed rules by which people can make every moral decision

pragmatism

one of fletchers four working principles i means one must evaluate the situation and preform whichever action is practical motivated by love

positivism

four working principles. it means that one must accept that acting in the most loving way is the right thing to do without any rational proof that it is an act of faith. love provides justification, not proof, for an ethical decision. agape is morally right without question

relativism the view that there is no universal moral norms, but that an action should be judged right or wrong depending on the social, cultural and individual circumstances in each situation: of one fletcher four working principles