A mindmap with all the info you need for the Situation Ethics topic on the OCR RS Alevel!
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STRENGTHS:
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↳ It enables us to decide between conflicting duties.
such as telling the truth and saving a life.
↳ Following agape love avoids personal bias. some things are good because
Fletcher also had sic proositions
p they extrinsically serve a good
WEAKNESSES: that are essential to situation ethics: purpose, but love is good in itself.
↳ It has no clear boundaries-would we torture a 1) "Gthingating quintinsically good, namely come,
child if it meant a loving outcome would occur?
↳ Agape love may be subjective, and we may have
Justice can be 2) "Thinninguho.im of"Christian decision is love, Jesus chose love over
differing opinions of what the 'most loving' misunderstood as C. S. Lewis argued there are 4
outcome.
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m y Tae m 3) "love and justice are the same, for justice Ethelman%fEffsta.in? types of love, and agape is the
> McQuarrie suggests situational ethics is very is love distributed, nothing use." greatest of the 4.
individualistic, and fails to suggest what we in a calculated manner. 4) "Il with threatens our good whether we storge, philia, eros, agape)
can do as a society-how would it be applied?
↳ Are laws actually needed to have a protected 5) "only the end justifies the means, nothing else?
and safe society?
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Good Samaritan.
(baghion was
APPLYING SITUATION ETHICS: maintain
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" ":WEolptierstey"Elaime.ramth?atawant.n.iathteahen ion. 3) POSITIVISM - create the good in each situation, positively reason what God would value.
↳ Abortion after rape-In 1962, a young patient at a physiiatric
unit was pregnant after rape. The father 4) PERSONALISM-put the people involved first, and what they desire.
requested an abortion, but was denied as
the mother's life wasn't in danger (physically). ↳ "lTohviengiss aorfe pteoopblee,ubsyedp;eopepolepleanadrefotor Baked."-Fletcher.
↳ Euthanasia This principle
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was right or wrong. ETHICS :
(JOSEPH FLETCHER )
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friends. William temple
stated before Fletcher
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↳ Argues that the best thing
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conscience logical Fontaines, Eno (and whatever leads to the most
argues our conscience Being situational, loving outcome).
entuesemoudese.MY is a reasoning tool. Fletcher sits between ↳ This is what Jesus taught in 'AGAPE ' > means unconditional love.
legalism and Antinomianism.
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'no laws' ""E.tianya.int?anamEntsieoa:Emeour"
↳ Itwithereferry? relativist
he thinks the right option is.
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argued
is guilty of this. ↳ samantine arshipture!Yentas
condemns adultery and divorce clearly.
Jesus tells the disciples that they must
follow the commandments which implies
that love is not the only thing to follow?
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