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1
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What does Tillich say?

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‘The law is the ultimate law because it is the negation of the law’.

2
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What does Corinthians say?

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‘And now these three remain; faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love’.

3
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What are the four working principles?

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Pragmatism, Relativism, Positivism and Personalism

4
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What is relativism?

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The situation should always be relative to agape.

5
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What is positivism?

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Statements of faith are accepted voluntarily and reason is used within and to work out one’s faith.

6
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What is personalism?

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A concern for people rather than things.

7
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What are the 6 fundamental principles?

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  • Only love is intrinsically good
  • The ruling norm for Christian decisions is love and nothing else
  • Love and justice are the same for justice is love disturbed
  • Love wills the neighbour’s good whether we like him or not
  • Only the end justifies the means, nothing else
  • Love’s decisions are made situationally not prescriptively
8
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When did Fletcher write?

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At a time when homosexuality was illegal.

9
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What was Fletcher unhappy about?

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The inconsistent approach by the government, which had largely been influenced by the church on matters of morality. And he argued that ideas about homosexuality were inconsistent and outdated.

10
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What does the Wolfenden report state (quote)?

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“It should not be the duty of the law to concern itself with matters of immorality as such… it should confine itself to those activities which offend against public order”.

11
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What does Fletcher suggest that the sex laws should be confined to?

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  • Age of consent
  • Infringement of public decency
  • Acts involving duress, assault or fraud
12
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Who was Alan Turing?

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A mathematician who helped in WW2 and was arrested and suffered chemical castration for being homosexual.

13
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What was the main conclusion of the Wolfenden report?

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That it would be wrong for criminal law to concern itself with what people do in the privacy of their own homes.

14
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Even though there has been progress, do gay people have equality?

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They still suffer ridicule and are thought of as having a disability.

15
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Give 2 breakthroughs for homosexuals.

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  • 1967, age of consent for gay males was now 21.
  • 1994, age reduced to 18
  • 2013 legislation for same sex marriage
16
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Give 2 things which are pertinent to what homosexual relationships state.

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  • Trust, honesty and dignity at all times
  • Gender equality and the removal of traditional boundaries associated with gender.
  • Fidelity and loyalty
17
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For Fletcher, how should moral agents apply situation ethics?

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Applying the principle of agape in line with the four working principles and the six fundamental principles.

18
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How would situation ethics respond to homosexuality or polygamy?

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Would accept it as long as it followed sex laws however for a judge or jury to decide not always the moral agent. The principle of agage should be applied.