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situation ethics

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pragmatism must be practical in daily life
relativism no fixed rules. the context of the situation should be implemented in what decision you do.
positivism puts faith before reasoning
personalism people's choice
legalism uses preformulated rules to guide behavior. strictly followed
antinomianism abandons all rules. relies on conscience or the holy spirit to guide behavior. leads to anarchy
situationism lies between antinomism and legalism. approaches moral decision making with preformulated rules but is prepared for these to be broken.
what rule is absolute for situationalists agape is the only unbreakable principle
what is the first working principle 1. pragmatism. moral actions are those achieve desired results.
second working principle 2. relativism. context should influence the solution selected for any moral dilema.
third working principle 3. positivism. moral decision making relies on values, not facts. it is impossible to deduce how to act from how things are.
what did david hume say which agrees with positivism his 'is-ought problem', which states thst it is impossible to derive an 'ought' form an 'is'
fourth working principle 4. personalism. moral decision making should be personalistic, it should be concerned with subjects, not objects.
how many propositions are there in situation ethics 6 propositions
1st prop love is the only thing that is intrinsically good.
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