I s this true? Is the right thing to do always the most loving thing ?
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Is this true?
Is the right thing to do always the
most loving thing?
Give an EXAMPLE to back up your
POINT.EXTENSION: Can you give a
COUNTER ARGUMENT to your
own point?
ObjectiveTo use memory
recall, exam questions, a
real life scenario, and biblical quotes to understand the Christian principle of Situation Ethics
Joseph FletcherAmerican Christian Minister
Grade CAll will be able to use memory
recall to define and describe what is meant by Situation
Ethics.
Grade BMost will be able to explain the
concept of agape and apply the principle of Situation Ethics to making moral
decisions.
Grade A/A*Some will be able to evaluate and express an opinion on the principle of Situation Ethics.
Your GOALS for the end of
this lesson are…
Outcomes
What is ?Finish the following sentence LOVE IS...
In English we only have ONE word for LOVE that is often understood to mean romantic love.
In Greek they have FOUR words for LOVE...
EROS – Passion, desire, romantic love.STORGE – Love for your family.PHILIA – Love for your friends.
AGAPE – The greatest love.
What do you think is meant by the ‘greatest love’?
Unconditional love- loving others as we love ourselves, both friend and
enemy.To get to that grade B: Can you give at least one EXAMPLE of AGAPE?
Grade BMost will be able to
explain the
concept of agape.
Did you achieveYOUR goals?…
Outcomes
What is Situation Ethics?
The principle of Situation Ethics uses love
(agape) as a basis for all moral decisions.
Listen and watch the following slides
carefully...
You will be expected to use your MEMORY to
DEFINE and DESCRIBE what SITUATION
ETHICS is.
What is Situation Ethics?Situation Ethics is a
CHRISTIAN approach to making moral decisions.
It was put forwards by JOSEPH FLETCHER a Christian Minister in the 1960’s during a time of great
social change.
He said...
Love should be the only
consideration when making
a moral decision.A GOOD
decision is one that aims
to do THE MOST
LOVING THING.
He based this on...The simple teachings of
JESUS...
My command is this: love each other as I
have loved you (John 12:15)
He also said...
A person should only obey the Bible and the Church if that
teaching results in the MOST
LOVING thing to do.
Fletcher was clear about what type
of love that should be applied
– AGAPE (an attitude towards
people rather than a feeling).
Showing AGAPE makes it possible
to love your enemies and act in loving ways towards people who have not
done anything to deserve love.
From memory complete the following on
your worksheet...
WHAT?WHO?
HE SAID...?
What is Situation Ethics?
Complete PAGE 56 QUESTION 1 of your
REVISION WORKBOOK
complete WITHOUT NOTES against the 2 minute clock.
Make a note of your time in the margin.
Now SELF MARK your work.
REMEMBER 2 MARKS for an accurate definition1 MARK partially correct
definition0 MARKS incorrect
Situation Ethics – The idea that Christians should base moral decisions on what is the most loving thing to do.
The Golden Rule– The teaching of Jesus that you should treat others as you would like them to treat you.
EXTENSION: Also complete question 2
within the 2 minute time limit
Grade CAll will be able
to use memory recall to define and describe what is meant by
Situation Ethics
Did you achieveYOUR goals?…
Outcomes
There are several verses in the New Testament that stress the importance of love (agape) in making moral
decisions...‘Love your God with all your heart, and all your soul...and
love your neighbour as yourself’ (Luke 10:27)
‘Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends’(John 15:13)
‘And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as
he has commanded us’ (John 3:23)
What inspired Situation Ethics?
Read the following scenario carefully…Using the above quotes and the principle of Situation
Ethics (AGAPE) what do you think a Christian (who ONLY USES SITUATION ETHICS to make moral
decisions) would do?
Grade BMost will be able to apply the principle of Situation
Ethics to making moral
decisions.
Did you achieveYOUR goals?…
Outcomes
During the Holocaust, a group of Jewish people hid in the sewers of a German city as the SS police marched in the streets overhead. Amongst the group there was a mother with her baby. The woman’s baby began to cry. No matter what she did, the mother could not get her baby to stop. If the baby continued to cry , it was only a matter of time before the Nazis heard, and then they would all be discovered.
Rather than risk the lives of everyone down there, she smothered her baby to death with a blanket, and let the corpse float down the sewer.
This was taken from the memoirs of a Holocaust survivor who detailed how she escaped Nazi imprisonment.
Did the woman's actions follow the principle of Situation Ethics?Was this the most loving action?
Applying Situation Ethics?
EXTENSION: Do you think that morally, this was the right course of action?
Grade A/A*Some will be
able to express an opinion on
the principle of Situation
Ethics.
Did you achieveYOUR goals?…
Outcomes
Think Pair Share
YES NOComplete the following...
Use what you have learnt today about situation ethics to EVALUATE whether you think it works as a
moral code.
Once you have some ideas share with a partner.
YES NO
Every situation is judged individually rather than a blanket right or wrong e.g. murder is wrong.
It is dependant on a person being able to predict what will happen to determine what is most loving, and this is impossible.
It has a genuine Christian intention, of which the basis is LOVE.
In theory, anything (murder, adultery etc...) could be justified if the person felt it was the most loving thing to do.
Acting out of LOVE is a positive thing, so it would bring positive consequences.
It works in extreme cases but not in everyday society where we are used to having rules and laws.
Does it work?
Complete PAGE 56 QUESTION 3 of your
REVISION WORKBOOK PLEASE CHANGE ‘the Golden
Rule today TO ‘Situation Ethics’ So the question
reads…Do you think it is always
possible to apply Situation Ethics?
complete WITHOUT NOTES against the 4 minute clock.
http://www.online-stopwatch.com/Make a note of your time in the
margin.
Now SWAP and PEER MARK each others
work.REMEMBER mark on those
P’s and E’s and KW’s and Q’s.
Give them a mark out of 4 and a clear TARGET.
Grade A/A*Some will be
able to evaluate and express an opinion on
the principle of Situation
Ethics.
Did you achieveYOUR goals?…
Outcomes
How would Situation Ethics be used to solve the following dilemmas?
1. A 15-year-old girl is pregnant after being raped, and is considering abortion.
2. A terminally ill man asks his wife to help him commit suicide.
3. A man is considering committing adultery on his wife who has Alzheimer's
and cannot remember him.
Plenary...