1. Groups
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4

2. Situation Ethics - Applications
By the end of this lesson you will have:
Been introduced to the 4 case studies which Fletcher composed to demonstrate his theory
Considered how compatible these case studies would be with Natural Law
Written an evaluation response of the case studies

3. The BIG Picture
William Barclay
Further Reading
Applications

4. Odd One Out 5mins A) Fletcher/Relativist/Deontological
B) Love/Happiness/Agape
C) Antinomianism/Legalism/Rules
D) Tillich/Fletcher/Aquinas
E) Teleology/Consequentialist/Absolutist
F) Existential ethics/Antinomianism/The middle path
On your post it note, write the odd answer out for a, b, c, d & e and stick it on the board.

5. Starter – Mental Picture
5mins
You have 1minuite in silence to analyse the picture in front of you as much as possible.
Each picture tells a story
Then, as a group you have 2mins to try and verbally recreate the picture as much as possible
Can you figure out as a group what the hidden story was?
If so, try and write the story in your own notes.

6. By the end of this lesson you will have:
Learning Check
By the end of this lesson you will have:
Been introduced to the 4 case studies which Fletcher composed to demonstrate his theory
Considered how compatible these case studies would be with Natural Law
Written an evaluation response of the case studies

7. The 4 Case Studies – Market Place
5mins
In your groups, read the case study you have been given
Write a summary of the story on your a3 sheet and decide how situation ethics and natural law would approach this dilemma.

8. The 4 Case Studies – Market Place
15mins
On your a3 sheet try and represent your case study using pictures and no more than 15 individual words
Select someone who will remain at ‘base’ to explain your case study and picture to the other groups.
The other members of the group must go to the other 3 tables (1 table each) and complete the case study mindmaps
You have 3mins at each table, before going back to base and reciting the information back to your ‘base’ tutor
Everyone in your group should check your mindmaps and learning.

9. The 4 case studies
These case studies were drafted by Joseph Fletcher to represent how Natural Law and other legalistic approaches would not be suitable in every situation
They all demonstrate examples where Christians have to put aside their usual norms or laws, to do the ‘loving’ thing
Jesus, Fletcher believes, would have done the same as evidence in the Bible suggests,

10. By the end of this lesson you will have:
Learning Check
By the end of this lesson you will have:
Been introduced to the 4 case studies which Fletcher composed to demonstrate his theory
Considered how compatible these case studies would be with Natural Law
Written an evaluation response of the case studies

11. Plenary – Essay Practise
15mins
‘Christians should take an absolutist approach to all decision making’. Discuss this statement with examples.
Point
Explain
Support with evidence
Link with the next paragraph

12. By the end of this lesson you will have:
Learning Check
By the end of this lesson you will have:
Been introduced to the 4 case studies which Fletcher composed to demonstrate his theory
Considered how compatible these case studies would be with Natural Law
Written an evaluation response of the case studies

13. Plenary – True or False 5mins Stay standing if you think...
1) Fletcher agreed with the Hiroshima bomb attacks
2) Fletcher believed sex should always be within a loving marriage
3) Natural Law would approve of a man taking his own life as it is to help preserve the life of his family with £100,000
4) Contextual ethics believe that to love someone sometimes means sleeping with someone else