Advan And Disadvan Situation Ethics Flashcards
(10 cards)
Relativist (advan)
Flexible allowing individualised response to different context.
“ sometimes you have to push aside your principles and do the right thing “
Teleological (advan)
It focuses on the end or outcome of an action
“If the end does not justify the mean, what does? “
Situationist ( advan)
Jerseys criticised the Pharisees for bieng legalistic. You should be with out rule either so situation ethics is a midway allows Christian to consult the bible and church but puts these aside if love demands it
Autonomous (advan)
Allows individual to make thirst own decision. Acting out of love frees us from having to follow established rules of which we become distrustful.
“ Paul said Christians have died to the law and are not under law but under grace”
“The only ethics for man comes of age “Robinson
Personalist ( advan)
Put people before rules
Jesus said “sabbath was made for man not man for sabbath”
Idolised the individual (dis)
It gives the person more authority than bible or the church our post modern society focuses to much on individual
Robinson “ it will all descend into moral chaos “
Evil( dis)
Allows terrible thing to occur e.g adultery theft lying murder in the name of love
We are no Angels (dis)
If we were all like Jesus , this might work . Barclay believed we can’t be trusted to do the right thing “ if all men were angles” it would work
Focuses on motive (dis)
The road to hell is paved with good intebtions” just because u act out of love this doesn’t mean you have done the right thing. Eg if I give money to homeless man out of love it will only perpetuate his situation so it’s best to give to charity of homeless so they could make better long term solutions
Irrational (dis)
” situation ethics had been roundly rejected as no ethics at all it should be objective rational internally coherent and impersonal units capacity to transcend the particularities of time and culture “ Callahan
