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Flashcards by lucyberry13, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by lucyberry13
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| Question | Answer |
| Situation Ethics (30 marks) | ~ |
| Introduction | Form of religious ethics created by Joseph Fletcher Relative, Subjective & Teleological. Based on a single rule, Agape; most loving thing to do/wills good will of others |
| Paragraph 1 | Fletcher argued each individual situation is different & absolute rules are too demanding & restrictive. Bible shows us what good moral decisions look like in particular situations but isn't possible to know what God's will would be in every situation. "I simply do not know & cannot do what God is doing." Because it's not possible to know God's will on every situation Fletcher thought the rule of SE should be love/Agape |
| Paragraph 2 | Fletcher believed that the judgement making should not merely involve emotion, but should involve doing what is in the best interests of the other person, therefore other guiding maxims could be ignored in certain situations if they don't serve Agape. e.g Mother giving sexually active 13 year old daughter contraceptive pill. Fletcher believed Agape was always good and right regardless of the situation. |
| Paragraph 3 | Was developed by Fletcher in 1960's as a respone to christian legalism (following rules) and antinomianism (the belief that there are no fixed moral principles, but that morality is a result of individual spontaneous acts. SE lies somewhere between the two. |
| Paragraph 4 | SE shouldn't guide on what you should do - principles of Agape & guiding maxims of christian community should. |
| Paragraph 5 | Fletcher published a book in 1966 - reflected moods of the times, which was: Christians should make the right choices, not by simply following rules, but instead by thinking for themselves. |
| Paragraph 6 | Four Working Principles: Pragmatism (what you propose must work in situation), Relativism (words such as "fixed/absolute/never" are rejected because there are no fixed rules & all decisions must be relative to Agape), Positivism (a valued judgement must be made which puts love in first place), and Personalism (people are also put in first place) |
| Paragraph 7 | Six Fundamental Principles: Love is absolute & that it is the only thing good & wise regardless of the situation. Love is self giving which seeks best interests of others, which allows people freedom & responsibility to choose right things for themselves. Justice follows on from love, because justice is love distributed & if love is put in practice it can result in justice. Love has no favourites. Love must be the final end. The most loving thing to do depends on the situation. |
| Conclusion | SE - Religious form of ethics that has only one rule - Agape (define). Created by JF & his belief that christians shouldn't make right choices by simply following rules but by thinking for themselves. |
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