ethics - situation ethics (ao3)
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love as a guiding principle is hard to object to
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relativistic so very flexible and can deal with everyday scenarios
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solves problem of conflicting duties
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it is a person-centred ethic, placing people above rules at all times
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can be applied to a scenario quickly
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love centred ethics is appealing and relatively uncontroversial
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vague, to ‘do the most loving thing’ does not offer much guidance for the moral agent
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‘only the end justifies the means’, there are no moral boundaries on our actions, everything can be permitted given an extreme situation
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teleological theory; we cannot accurately predict the future
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it is unclear when a situation begins and ends; what is a situation?
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it is not clear where the boundaries of responsibility are
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right does not equal good
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