Situation ethics was developed in the 1960’s by an Anglican Priest‚ Joseph Fletcher. Situation Ethics is an ethical system which embraces the fact that love is the only moral criterion and all of our decisions/actions are to be judged by the question‚ “What is the most loving thing to do?” This question shows that whatever is the most loving thing to do in a situation is considered the right thing. Situation ethics means that there is no ethical standard that can be uniformly or consistently applied
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i) Outline the important concepts of either situation ethics or utilitarianism ii) To what extent are these important concepts undermined by relevant criticisms? Situation Ethics is a normative‚ relative ethical theory. It emerged at a time when the Church and society were changing‚ women were given a more prominent status in the workplace and the paternalism of society was decreasing. Thee main factor of change was the sexual revolution of the 1960’s‚ people were beginning to express their individualism
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Comparing and contrasting the work of Harry Harlow and Mary Ainsworth on understanding attachment. In 1950s psychology was mainly leaded by the behaviourists‚ their belief was that humans were motivated because of their primary needs like obtain hunger‚ thirst‚ avoid pain and satisfy sexual needs. Harry Harlow changed it all. He refused to accept that affection and love are less important and his paper “The nature of love” became bestseller among others. Harlow has said that ”Love is wondrous state
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Ainsworth‚ Janet. “‘You have the right to remain silent…’ but only if you ask for it just so: the role of linguistic ideology in American police interrogation law.” The International Journal of Speech‚ Language and the Law‚ vol. 15‚ no. 1‚ 2008‚ pg. 1-21. In Janet Ainsworth’s article‚ “‘You have the right to remain silent…’ but only if you ask for it just so: the role of linguistic ideology in American police interrogation law‚” she explores the linguistic complexities of legal language‚ specifically
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Situation Ethics is an agapeistic ethical theory; the Christian concept of unconditional love is the guiding principle of this theory. This theory was devised by Joseph Fletcher in the 1960s as a radical Christian ethic. It argues that agape is the only guiding principle in morality. This is taken from the golden rule in Christianity (love your neighbour as yourself). Agape is different from all other types of love like sexual love: it is unconditional. Situation Ethics rejects legalistic ethics
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Is embryonic testing applicable in situation ethics? (30 marks) Embryonic testing allows people to clarify any disabilities or diseases which their child/children may suffer in the future. From this‚ couples can contemplate whether or not they would prefer to terminate the pregnancy or to continue with the procedure. There is conflict between individuals in society‚ as well as people from different teachings. Christians would be prohibited to terminate their pregnancy regardless of whether their
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STRENGTH AND WEAKNESSES OF SITUATION ETHICS PARAGRAPHS PRODUCED BY 12D (MARCH 2011) INTRODUCTION ‘Love and do what you want’ Augustine Inspired by Christian teachings on agape love‚ Joseph put forward Situation ethics in the 1960’s. Fletcher attempted to reconcile the strict legalist (binding rules) nature of the church with the antinomian (no rules apply) attitudes of an ever changing secular society. STRENGTHS One key strength of Situation Ethics is that it puts people before rules; personalism
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Cristia Earp Matt Cicci Intro to College Writing March 8‚ 2013 Strange Doctor Strange I’ve never been a big fan of comic books‚ partly because I can’t quite follow them as much as I’d like to. Action comics are the hardest for me to follow for a couple reasons. For one‚ the art is all over the place. I understand that art like this is supposed to display all of the sudden exhilarating scenes‚ but how can a reader pay attention to the story while still pictures on a page distract you? Bright
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What are the Key features of Situation Ethics? Situation ethics is a Christian ethical theory that was principally developed in the 1960’s by a priest called Joseph Fletcher and expanded by Bishop John Robinson. It is a teleological theory‚ but in contrast to utilitarianism; it is based on Christian principles‚ and primarily the promotion of agape. The moral worth of any action is judged on its consequences‚ not on the action itself. The judgement is made on how much love is produced by the action
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Compare and Contrast the work of Harry Harlow and Mary Ainsworth on understanding attachment. There has been extensive psychological research on relationships and in particular the bond between mother and child. This‚ and other strong bonds‚ has become known as ‘attachment’ due to a theory from a psychologist called John Bowlby. Bowlby’s theory was that infants have an inbuilt tendency to form relationships in order to assure their own survival from an evolutionary point of view. This was
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