1_Situation Ethics AO2

1_Situation Ethics AO2

1. Strengths & Weaknesses

   • Strengths
   • Weaknesses

2. Is love the highest Christian law, does love allow you to do anything

   • Highest
     • Agape is quality control
     • Love is the 'ruling norm'
     • Agape beats laws
     • Not antinomian but situational
   • Others are higher
     • Freedom can become selfish
     • Bad actions can't be allowed
     • Situations need to be interpreted
     • Love is too vague

3. How practical is Situation Ethics

   • Practical
     • Its relative
     • Flexible
     • Realistic
   • Impractical
     • Too complex
     • Confusion about what is good/right
     • There should always be laws we don't break (Barclay)

4. Is SE compatible with other Christian ethical approaches?

   • Compatible
     • Use of agape
     • Change in Christian views, there are no absolutes
     • Some Christians follow Util
   • Incompatible
     • RC church said no in 1956
     • Absolute laws in Bible
     • NL shows use of reason as important

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