H4 tto Ethics P1 Lesson 2

• Godsdienst
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Situation ethics

H4tto

2023-2024

What is the difference between normative ethics and applied ethics?

Is there a connection between being absolutist and teleological?

What is the difference between Absolutism and Relativism?

Lesson objectives

You will...

• understand the 3 ethical theories
• understand the key ideas of Fletcher's situation ethics
• investigate the strengths and weaknesses of situation ethics and draw conclusions about its helpfulness in terms of moral decision making
• learn how Fletcher's situation ethics can be applied, and whether basing decisions on agape is an effective approach to ethics.

Statement

“The morality of an action depends on the situation”

3 ethical theories

Case

3 ethical theories

deontology (duty)               virtue                  consequentialism

     plicht                              deugd                           gevolg

Situation ethics

Fletcher divides moral thinking into 3 basic kinds:

1. Legalistic: predefined rules and regulation 
2. Antinomian: the reverse of legalistic
   
3. Situational: how moral an action is depends on the situation
   

3 ethical

Fletcher: six prepositions (page 16-17)

1. Only 1 thing is intrinsically good: love

2. The ruling norm of Christian decision is love

3. Love and justice are the same

4. Love wills the neighbour’s good, whether we like him or not

5. Only the end justifies the means

6. Love’s decisions are made situationally, not prescriptively.

Situation ethics

In groups of 4: Create a poster to illustrate the six propositions and include the following:

- the four working principles (page 16)

- agape love (page 18)

- one of the case studies on page 20

Apply the above on one of the case studies.

Conditions:

• Be creative, use keywords, use your markers, draw, design, sketch, use different colours.
  
• Use all space. Your poster has to be an eyecatcher and has to be self explanatory, finish your poster during this lesson
  

Which question do you still have?