Situation ethics (OCR A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards
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Pragmatism in situation ethics
Pragmatism in situation ethics
Based on experience, not theory; focuses on what works
Key question pragmatism asks
Key question pragmatism asks
What works?
Pragmatism's approach to decisions
Pragmatism's approach to decisions
Case-by-case approach
Relativism in situation ethics
Relativism in situation ethics
No absolute/fixed views; all relative to agapeic love
Fletcher's quote on relativism
Fletcher's quote on relativism
Relativizes the absolute, does not absolutize the relative
Positivism in situation ethics
Positivism in situation ethics
Acceptance of agape through faith; start with positive choice
Foundation of positivism
Foundation of positivism
Belief that 'God is love'
Positivism: faith in what?
Positivism: faith in what?
Faith in love, not in rules
Personalism in situation ethics
Personalism in situation ethics
Persons at centre; put people first, not laws
Jesus' quote about the Sabbath
Jesus' quote about the Sabbath
Sabbath made for man, not man for Sabbath
Fletcher's 'principled relativism'
Fletcher's 'principled relativism'
Objective/universal (agape) yet applied individually
Disadvantage: are principles clear?
Disadvantage: are principles clear?
No, they are vague; hard to know what's most loving
Pragmatism example: conjoined twins
Pragmatism example: conjoined twins
Save one girl at expense of other (practical outcome)