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- Situation ethics was developed by American Anglican theologian Joseph F. Fletcher, whose book Situation Ethics: The New Morality (1966) arose from his objections to both moral absolutism (the view that there are fixed universal moral principles that have binding authority in all circumstances) and moral relativism (the view that there are no fixed moral principles at all).
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Situation ethics was developed by American Anglican theologian Joseph F. Fletcher, whose book Situation Ethics: The New Morality (1966) arose from his objections to both moral absolutism (the view that there are fixed universal moral principles that have binding authority in all circumstances) and moral relativism (the view that there are no ...
- Situation Ethics Introduction. In the introduction to The Situation Ethics: The New Morality Joseph Fletcher (1905–1991) develops what he calls an ethical non-system.
- Fletcher’s Overall Framework. Fletcher says there are two unattractive views in ethics: “Legalism” and “Antinomianism”, and one attractive view which sits in between them: “Situationism”.
- The Four Working Principles of Situationism. Principle 1. Pragmatism. The situationalist follows a strategy which is pragmatic. What does that mean? Well it does not mean that Fletcher is a pragmatist.
- How to Work out What to Do: Conscience as a Verb not a Noun. For Fletcher “conscience” plays a role in working out what to do. He says “conscience” is a verb and not a noun.
Fletcher developed his theory of situational ethics in his books: The Classic Treatment and Situation Ethics. Situational ethics is thus a teleological or consequential theory, in that it is primarily concerned with the outcome or consequences of an action; the end. Fletcher proposed that loving ends justify any means. Joseph Fletcher abandoned ...
Jun 10, 2009 · Situation ethics; the new morality. by. Fletcher, Joseph F. Publication date. 1966. Topics. Christian ethics, Situation ethics, Morale, Situatie-ethiek. Publisher. Philadelphia, Westminster Press.
Jan 1, 1997 · Situation Ethics: The New Morality. Joseph F. Fletcher. Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, Jan 1, 1997 - Philosophy - 176 pages. Igniting a firestorm of controversy upon its...
Fletcher’s situation ethics is a reasonable interpretation of what Jesus said. It’s hard to see what Jesus could have meant by agape being the greatest commandment except that it was greater than the others which seem to imply taking precedence over them.
SUMMARY Fletcher’s Situational Ethics gained a popular following as it allowed the religious believer to fit their views into the rapidly changing and nuanced moral and political landscape of the 1960s.
