1. Situation Ethics - Revision
Learning Objectives
Know the 10 principles
Explain the Bible passages which support Situation Ethics
Explain the ways Situation Ethics is not compatible with Christianity

2. Odd one out Conseqentialist/Teleological/deontological
Antinomianism/No rule ethics/Legalism
Agape/Love/Happiness
Agape Calculus/Hedonic Calculus/Precepts
Positivism/Personalism/Justice is love distributed

3. The 10 Principles
They are how we figure out what to do in a given moral situation.
Complete the missing words on page 1 and 2
A past question has focussed solely on these 10 principles, so you do need to
know them thoroughly.

4. The 10 Principles Summary Only love is intrinsically good
The ruling norm is love
Love and justice are the same
Love wills the good of neighbour
A loving end justifies the means
Love’s decisions are made situationally not prescriptively

5. Bible Passages John 15v13 Galatians 5v14 Mark 2v27 John 5v1-16
Luke 6v27

6. Compatibility or incompatibility with Christianity
You can already figure out ways in which Situation Ethics IS compatible
Yet it isn’t because:
God is removed as the source of authority
Pope Pius XII rejected it as being opposed to natural law
Pope Benedict XVI rejected relativism as being the height of one’s ego
Rejects absolute Divine Command ethics
Ignores the teaching of religious authority
Attitudes to sex and sexuality

7. AO2 Strengths and weaknesses of Situation Ethics
Does ‘agape’ provide an adequate basis for moral decision-making?
Could the principles of Situation Ethics promote injustice and /or morally wrong behaviour?
To what extent can Situation Ethics as a relativistic and teleological theory work in today’s society?
How far is Situation Ethics compatible with a religious approach to moral decision making?