Flashcards
Key Terms: Situation Ethics
Cards in this deck (15)
- 1LegalismThe idea that morality is about following fixed laws eg. The Ten Commandments
- 2AntinomianismThere are no fixed rules. Be spontaneous and do whatever you want eg. 1960s hippies
- 3Joseph Fletcher (1905-1991)American Anglican theologian, who was the founder of Situation Ethics
- 4Situation EthicsJoseph Fletcher's 1966 claim that Christians should always act on the basis of love.
- 5NominalisticThere are no universal situations, every situation is different and unique
- 6The two great commandmentsAs defined by Jesus: love God and love your neighbour. Love= agape
- 7AgapeThe Greek term for brotherly love, charity. The unconditional love that acts for the benefit of others.
- 8ConscienceAccording to Fletcher, the act of working out what is the most loving thing to do
- 9Six PropositionsLove is intrinsically 'good'
Love is the only guiding moral principle
Love is always 'just'
Love is not the same as 'liking'
Love is the goal of all moral actions
Love decides in each unique situation - 10Four working principlesPragmatism
Relativism
Positivism
Personalism - 11Bishop John A T RobinsonBritish Bishop who supported Situation Ethics and described it as the 'New Morality'
- 12Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)1797 essay "On the supposed right to tell lies from benevolent motives'
- 13LyingIf it is the most loving thing to do then it is 'good' and not just a 'necessary evil'
- 14RelativismEach decision only relates to the circumstances of that particular situation
- 15SubjectiveEach decision is dependent upon the particular point of view of the person making the decision