situation ethics Flashcards
(22 cards)
what type of theory is it?
relativist/ telological
who was the theory outlined by?
joseph fltcher “situation ethics”
what is agape?
unconditional love
name three types of agape?
- unconditional
- sacrafical
- alturistic
who is the source of agape?
god
quote for agape?
“love one another as i have loved you”
what did Jesus say about sabbath?
“sabbath was made for man not man made ofr the sabbath”
what did Jesus say in the sermon on the mount about Jewish law?
“i have not come to abolish the law and prophets but to fulfill them”
what is the highest form of love?
sacrificial
what should we do in a moral dilemma (fletcher)?
do whatever brings about the most loving outcome
what must we ask in every moral situation?
how can love be served best
what is the over riding principle of love served best?
agapeistic calculus
name 4 of the six propositions?
- love is the ruling norm
- love is the only thing that is intrinsically good
- love wills neighbors good (regardless of whether the neighbor is liked or not)
- love is the goal
in SE does the end justify the means?
yes, outcome that’s important LOVE
what are the four working principles?
- pragmatism (experience rather theory- course of action should work)
- personalism (person at center-)
- relativism (making absolute Christian laws relative)
- positivism (importance of love, faith first)
what are fletches 4 moral situations?
- sacrificial suicide- pill, £ or no £
- justifiable mass killing- bomb= peace no bomb=war
- patriarchic prostitution- sleep with and black mail stop war
- sacrificial adulatory- sleep with guard
what four working principles apply to:
- sacrificial suicide?
- mass killing?
- prostitution?
- adulatory?
-personalism- not about money about people
- per- killing people not loving
- prag- ends war= love= works
-rel-rejects her morals
rel- ‘dogma not pragma’
prag- outcome= worked
per- family important
positivism aplies to all
what did john hennery Newman say conscience was?
voice of god
what did Aquinas think of conscience?
practical reason, enables us to work out what we ought to do. “reason making right decisions”
use it to reflect on previous actions
what does fletcher say on conscience?
error lies in thinking conscience as a noun instead of verb, conscience is merely a word for our attempts to make decisions creatively, constructively, fittingly
for fletcher do humans have a conscience?
no its a process not part of us
is fletcher interested in future or past conscience?
future
