"Situational ethics" refers to the idea that the morality of an action depends on the specific situation or context in which it occurs rather than following fixed moral principles. It means that what is considered right or wrong can change depending on the circumstances involved.
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Her lovers, Moore and Umbers, are both TV studmuffins from the UK, and they resemble each other physically, which might have sounded good on paper, but onscreen they seem too generic: handsome, rich playboys with
situational ethics from Central Casting.
I've lived long enough to be able to tell you that
in situational ethics, I am unequivocally disqualified from offering advice on what a person should do.
When I raised a tentative hand in hopes of finding out, I was told that
situational ethics works because when we are saved by Christ we're also transformed — we become new creatures.
Recent expansions of curricular materials, in addition to the sexuality unit, have moved
into situational ethics, cultural anthropology, and a very open exploration of biblical materials and works of religious experiences.
American Made can be viewed as a drive - by commentary
on situational ethics, in the sense that Seal decided what was right and wrong in small moments that «felt» right or «felt» wrong.
That's were reality meets theology: no paid pastors etc. = no visible Church; no recognition towards YHWH; no authoritative leadership; no authoritative accountability... just
nice situational ethics /» the Spirit told me so».
The question of the needs of the few outweighing the needs of the many, a question that leads to
situational ethics vs following regulations, good intentions subverted by both secrets and lies, plus a dash of Nietzsche, provides a sophisticated element that tantalizes the synapses as much as the action provides a substantial adrenalin jolt.
So when the agnostics, atheists, etc. of the world come up to someone like him and discuss evolutionary theory,
situational ethics from an historical worldview, or why God allowed the cast of «Jersey Shore» to be born, he'll just remember how he flunked the quiz and rely on his «simple faith» as «all good Christians do»..
The fashionable embrace of «
situational ethics» regarding business, erodes the foundational truth that any sustainable business relies on relationships.
In criticizing the «
situational ethics» of a school counselor, Seth Williamson declares, «She suddenly develops a strange reluctance to say what all sane people know to be true: that illegal drugs are wrong.
The fact is that the US began falling in math and science when the Schools began wasting the students» time teaching them political - correctness — gay and gender studies,
situational ethics, etc, etc..
Situational ethics is fun.
Like
the situational ethics of the 70s, many pastors have a different theology depending on the situation they find themselves in.
Falling back on what I thought I'd learned from
situational ethics, I entered into a passionate affair that destroyed my marriage.
One night at a Luther League meeting we veered perilously close to the subject of the virtues in a session on Joseph Fletcher's
situational ethics.
it is a serious impediment to theological experimentation and by itself practically rules out most of the precious convictions liberals hold fast to: i.e., the validity of other religions, a purely functional christology,
situational ethics, and the like.
@ Camel Toad: 1) you say evil is relative and give examples of
situational ethics, but you still appear to be appealing to some over-arching notion of good & evil by which such situations are judged.
It issues in what can only be called
a situational ethic for a crisis situation.
This morality tale — versions of which float around church groups everywhere — ostensibly enforces the weight of principled living, warns against the incoherence of
situational ethics and highlights the importance of integrity.
Some readers will be uncomfortable with this, afraid that different emphasis for different audiences smacks of relativism and
situational ethics.
Our doctrine of love therefore leads to a qualification of a contextual or
situational ethic.
Recent writers on «
situational ethics» and «contextual ethics» seem to have understood this; and we are much indebted to them for taking the first step in a reconception of the meaning of morality, a task which is as important and necessary as the reconception of Christian theology.
Situational ethics, Cuomo - style: This front - page New York Times investigation of how Governor Andrew Cuomo's office «hobbled» an independent blue - ribbon commission he set up to investigate political corruption should be manna from heaven for his Democratic challenger, Zephyr Teachout.
THE HATEFUL EIGHT is an impudent, pugnacious comedy that uses the synthetic nature of its stylized homage idiom to be a whip - smart consideration of race, gender, politics,
situational ethics, and very, very bad teeth.
The assembled revisit the Civil War and parse
the situational ethics of murder while recounting their life stories and accepting without question the wild coincidences that have brought a group with tangential relationships together in such a remote place.
One of the most obvious flaws in «mere postings» that couldn't even pass from a «
situational ethics» perspective, is the question of any advertising a seller might do on their own: print - medium or internet.