WEBSituational ethics is a form of consequentialism (though distinct from utilitarianism in that the latter's aim is "the greatest good for the greatest number") that focuses on creating the greatest amount of love.
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Situation ethics | Definition, Joseph F. Fletcher, & Moral Decision
WEBsituation ethics, in ethics and theology, the position that moral decision making is contextual or dependent on a set of circumstances. Situation ethics holds that moral judgments must be made within the context of the entirety of a situation and that all normative features of a situation must be viewed as a whole.
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BBC - Ethics - Introduction to ethics: Situation ethics
WEB1. Situation Ethics Introduction; 2. Fletcher’s Overall Framework. Legalism; Antinomianism; A Middle Ethics: Situationism; 3. The Four Working Principles of Situationism. Principle 1. Pragmatism; Principle 2: Relativism; Principle 3: Positivism; Principle 4: Personalism; 4. How to Work out What to Do: Conscience as a Verb not a …
WEBSituational ethics, or situation ethics, is a teleological and consequential theory of ethics concerned with the outcome of an action as opposed to an action being intrinsically wrong as in deontological theories.
WEBAll About Philosophy. Situational Ethics: Joseph Fletcher. Situational Ethics was pioneered by Joseph Fletcher (1905-1991). His work, Situation Ethics, founded the modern situational ethics movement. Since then, almost every publication on situational ethics has referred to the model presented in Fletcher's writings.
WEB1.5.1: Situation Ethics Introduction. Page ID. Table of contents. No headers. In the introduction to The Situation Ethics: The New Morality Joseph Fletcher (1905–1991) develops what he calls an ethical non-system. His book caused a “fire storm” amongst the public because it legitimised the general post-war dissatisfaction with authority.
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Situation Ethics: The New Morality - Joseph Fletcher - Google …
WEBJul 1, 1997 · Situation Ethics: The New Morality. Joseph Fletcher. Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, Jul 1, 1997 - Religion - 192 pages. Igniting a firestorm of controversy upon its publication in 1966,...
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1.5.3: The Four Working Principles of Situationism
WEBPrinciple 1. Pragmatism. Principle 2: Relativism. Principle 3: Positivism. Principle 4: Personalism. Principle 1. Pragmatism. The situationalist follows a strategy which is pragmatic. What does that mean? Well it does not mean that Fletcher is a pragmatist.
WEBSituational ethics, biomedical ethics. Awards. Humanist of the Year. Joseph Francis Fletcher (April 10, 1905 in Newark, New Jersey - October 28, 1991 in Charlottesville, Virginia) [1] was an American professor who founded the theory of situational ethics in the 1960s, and was a pioneer in the field of bioethics.