SE Flashcards
1
Q
Situation Ethics is..
A
Ethical Theory
Consequentalist
Telelogical
Relativistic
BASED ON LOVE
2
Q
Fletcher
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1966 Situation Ethics
Didnt like rules
Believes decisions should be based on love
3
Q
Agape
A
Selfless Love
4
Q
6 Fundamental Principles
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- Love is not liking
- Love and Justice are the same
- Love decides there and then
- Love is the only norm
- Love only is always good
- Love can justify the means
5
Q
4 Working Principles
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Relativism
Personalism
Pragmatisim
Positivism
6
Q
St Paul
Corrinthans
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Love is Paitent Love is kind
7
Q
Pope Pius XII
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CRITIC
Individual and Subjective
8
Q
Pope Pius XII said…
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“Oppossition to the natural law of gods revealed will.”
9
Q
Weaknesses
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- Love is still a law
- Too ambiguous
- Individual Viewpoint
- Can love justify suffering?
- How do you measure love?
10
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Strengths
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- Everyone knows love
- Secular
- Freedom to choose
- Focuses on people
- Easy to understand
