Joseph Fletcher

• Born in 1905, died in 1992
• Rejects absolute legalism. The idea that it is always right to obey the moral law
• Rejects Kant's idea that you must always tell the truth.

  "Anyone who thinks there is some built-in necessity to tell the truth to a homicidal maniac needs to get a grasp on sanity"
• Rejects antinomianism. The idea that there should be no laws governing human behaviour
• American professor
• contributed to bio-ethics. Involved in: abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, eugenics and cloning
• Argued that having no life is better than some of the forms of 'life' which is led
• In 1967, he abandoned christianity and became a humanist
• "The morality of an action depends on the situation" - 1963
• Founded situation ethics in 1960s