Love

• Love as the only ethical principle - Tillich

  • love as a central precept, underpinned by justice and growing out of the wisdom of the past
  • we learn wisdom for Bible laws
  • rejected non-autonomous approaches to ethics
• Love as the only ethical principle - Fletcher

  • agape is the only absolute
  • Christians must prioritise love over rules
  • situation ethics as person-centred, like Jesus was
• Love as the only ethical principle - J.A.T Robinson

  described love as having a ‘built-in moral compass’ which can direct people to the most important need when required - we should trust love