situation ethics

• what view does situation ethics has on pre-marital sex?

  focuses on particular situation, interest of person- love and justice - permit breaking traditional moral rules around sex in day-to-day situations. seek a pragmatic approach to pre-marital sex, setting aside fixed moral truths in order to put the person and their relationship at heart of each decision
• what is a strength of SE approach?


  it may be most loving thing to allow a couple to have pre-marital sex
• what is a weakness of SE?


  consequences of becoming pregnant during pre-marital sex- abandonment by male? Danger to vulnerable people in more sexually permissive society that SE is encouraged love and justice will not stand for scrutiny.