tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post114533152595315133..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: Situational EthicsAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1145661346729541182006-04-21T17:15:00.000-06:002006-04-21T17:15:00.000-06:00"I do not think that word means what you think it ..."I do not think that word means what you think it means..."<BR/><BR/>Do you know what Situation Ethics is? It is a <I>Christian</I> concept, described and promulgated by a <I>theologian.</I><BR/><BR/>I read the book referred to below more than a dozen years ago, when I was a Christian. It's an interesting read, really. Especially if you want to find out what you're talking about.<BR/><BR/>"Situation Ethics was developed by an Anglican theologian Joseph Fletcher ('Situation Ethics' (SCM 1966)) as a result of his critique of Legalism and Antinomianism. Legalism is the idea that there are fixed moral laws which are to be obeyed at all times. Antinomianism is the idea that there are no fixed moral principles, but that one's ethics are spontaneous." (http://www.faithnet.org.uk/AS%20Subjects/Ethics/situation_ethics.htm)<BR/><BR/>Go. Read. Be a real thinker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1145408205154368942006-04-18T18:56:00.000-06:002006-04-18T18:56:00.000-06:00The only problem I see here is that situational et...The only problem I see here is that situational ethics and democracy do not always work well together. Situational ethics is great when in regards to one person, but when groups of people begin to legistlate their eithics because of their majority right to do so, problems arise. I see no way these ideas could be applied to an entire society, and this is the problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com