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Pragmatism
is acting in a way that is practical and useful rather than theoretical or abstract.
relativism
is the ides there is no absolute truths only different opinions focussed on Jesus' teaching of love and forgiveness
positivism
is a method of showing the truth or good without any judgements
personalism
is ethics based on people rather than principles or laws
love is
innate
and universal as the basis of all human relationships
2. love is the
guide
of moral decisions and the source of happiness
3. love and
justice
is the same thing
4. love will do neighbours good
whether
you like them or not
5. the end (love) justifies the
means
or reason
6. each
action
must be justified for each situation seperatley
strength:
Jesus
the scolar argues the
sabbath
was made for man not the other way around. Implying God's work was good
weakness:
Tillich
argues against and says 'allowing people to make
individual
moral choices will lead to
chaos'
strength:
Bowie
is for and says it is
practical
and fits with the
modern
day world.
weakness is that it is derived from
religious roots
so not all non-religious people will
agree
weakness is that love is
subjective
and may be hard to
follow
with no
fixed laws
strengths,
relativist
so can account to different situations seperatley
Religious
people will like to follow the preaching of Jesus
Legalistic ethics means it is derived from
fixed laws
and
rules
Aquinas
would criticise since he liked fixed laws like his natural law ethics and primary precepts
fletcher
brought situation ethics from
Jesus'
teachings of
love