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SITUATION ETHICS, Six fundamental Principles, CRITICISMS OF SITUATION…
SITUATION ETHICS
the 4 main principles: pragmatism-moral actions should be practical towards their intended loving outcome. positivism-moral agents have to decide from faith in God , Relativism - related to context and culture , Personalism - subjective, personal Martha
AGAPE-selfless unconditional love for all humanity, even the people we don't like. even our neighbour, the lowest of the low
ROBINSON was a Cambridge theologian who developed theories on situation ethics similar to fletcher. his bppk hoest to god outlines what he termed 'man come of age'. he argued the right approach to any moral situation is to choose the most loving course of action as Jesus rejected the legalistic approach towards morality which the high priests and others endorsed.
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Love is the absolute, Case by case basis.
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Jesus said the sabbath was for man and not man for sabbath
Love Will's the neighbours good, whether we like him or not.
Mark 2:27 'The sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind for the sabbath'
John 8:7 'Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her (women who had committed adultery) Jonas
CS Lewis: the four loves- storge, philia, eros, agape
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