2.2 - Situation Ethics

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Key Terms
Justice,
Pragmatism,
Relativism
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Does The Rejection Of Absolute Rules By Situation Ethics Make Moral Decision-Making Entirely Individualistic And Subjective?
John mcquarrie argued that fundam...,
Situation ethics fails to recogni...,
Perhaps the most contentious aspe...
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Does Fletcher's Agape Mean Nothing More Than Wanting The Best For The Person Involved?
Fletcher makes much of the christ...,
It could be argued the of love s ...,
Permitting rule breaking s called...
6  cards
Ethical Judgement And Agape
Situation ethics argues that serv...,
Many christians might argue that ...,
Critics argue that in fletcher s ...
6  cards
Conscience
Conscience s a word that describe...,
Fletcher adopts ideas that consci...
2  cards
Do Situation Ethics Provide A Helpful Method Of Moral Decison-Making?
Rule based ethics provide simple ...,
Perhaps the point about moral dec...,
Situation ethics provides somethi...
10  cards
Personalism
The situationist puts people firs...,
Love is of people by people and f...
2  cards
Positivism
With natural reason deduces faith...,
Reason s not the basis for faith ...,
Situation ethics depends on chris...
3  cards
Relativism
If the strategy of situation ethi...,
There are different degrees of fr...,
Based on making absolute laws of ...
4  cards
The Four Working Presuppositions
A patient has a set time to live ...,
After lengthy discussions the com...,
A woman s government said she cou...
4  cards
Pragmatism
Pragmatism s based on experience ...,
A pragmatistturnstowards factsact...,
During times of difficulty someti...
3  cards
The Six Propositions
First proposition actions aren t ...,
Love s the only universal the onl...,
Second proposition the ruling nor...
11  cards
Agape Love
Christianity s a religion based o...,
The law of love s the ultimate la...,
Bishop john robinson wrote agape ...
4  cards
Fletcher And His Three Approaches To Moral Thinking
Fletcher divides moral thinking i...,
Legalistic ethics has a set of ru...,
The legalist must add to the law ...
12  cards
A Teleological Christian Ethic
Religious ethic s often seen as f...,
Ethics can be with rightness or w...,
Rightness is to the action
3  cards
Introduction
Situation ethics is described as ...,
Critics think it s unjust unduly ...,
It s viewed by many churches as a...
10  cards

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