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situation ethics

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