that was principally developed in the 1960’s by a priest called Joseph Fletcher and expanded by Bishop John Robinson. It is a teleological theory‚ but in contrast to utilitarianism; it is based on Christian principles‚ and primarily the promotion of agape. The moral worth of any action is judged on its consequences‚ not on the action itself. The judgement is made on how much love is produced by the action. In the 1960’s the traditional Christian Church was going through massive change. Society
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STRENGTH AND WEAKNESSES OF SITUATION ETHICS PARAGRAPHS PRODUCED BY 12D (MARCH 2011) INTRODUCTION ‘Love and do what you want’ Augustine Inspired by Christian teachings on agape love‚ Joseph put forward Situation ethics in the 1960’s. Fletcher attempted to reconcile the strict legalist (binding rules) nature of the church with the antinomian (no rules apply) attitudes of an ever changing secular society. STRENGTHS One key strength of Situation Ethics is that it puts people before rules; personalism
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My presentation will focus on autonomous ethics in 20th century moral theology. My discussion mainly centres on the moral theology of the Roman Catholic church. The main source for my discussion is the book written in 1985 by j. Vincent McNamara entitled Faith and Ethics; recent Roman Catholicism. He examines in the book the search for the identity of Christian ethics from approximately 1940 until 1980. Before I examine the autonomous movement we need to look at the history that led to its
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Philosophy Final Paper December 18‚ 2012 What Is Love? Throughout the years‚ many philosophers have studied the nature of love‚ and have come up with many different definitions and theories. Although love is something that plays a huge role in the lives of almost everyone‚ some philosophers have simply given up on their studies‚ or felt it just wasn’t very meaningful to study at all‚ and decided to leave it in “the realm of the ineffable.” Although the question‚ “What Is love?” has still never
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were staying. He talked Don Fernando about the things that were going on from where he came from. Manuel found out that the family was in a train wreck on their way up to the city‚ he was very surprised. Manuel bought an agape for Margarita. Chapter #58: Manuel gave Margarita the agape that he had bought her then he kissed her. Manuel asked Don Fernando and Lucia for Margarita’s hand in marriage. They were saying no because of Don Sebastian being his father. Then Manuel told them that the Bishop Carlo
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that later gets in the way of his feelings for Guilliardun. Despite his disloyalty towards Guildeluec‚ which he tried his best to avoid‚ his love for Guilliardun overcame. ‘’Eliduc’’ has a mixture of three diferente types of love; Eros‚ Philia and Agapé. These types of love help the reader understand the psychology of love relationship in ‘’Eliduc’’. Knowing whether or not Eliduc was ever in love with his wife in the first place is important in deciding how convincing his love was for Guilliardun
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SUMMARY OF LES MISERABLE Les Miserable is a story about Valjean‚ a man who was sent to prison for stealing a loaf of bread. He was paroled and released from prison after 20 years‚ but society discriminates him from work‚ shelter‚ and food because he is an ex-convict. However‚ Myriel‚ a priest helped him live a new life and Valjean‚ under a new name‚ had become successful. Soon his archenemy Javert‚ found and discovered his secret identity. Meanwhile‚ Valjean meet Fontine who was forced to a life
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Rima 134 The Petrarchan Sonnet "Laura" - The object of many of his poems‚ Laura is a mysterious‚ far-off‚ unreachable woman that Petrarch pines for but never gets. Scholars argue over the reality of this woman‚ but Petrarch’s other writings claim that she was a real woman who refused his advances because she was married to another man. He called his distant relationship to her "an overwhelming but pure love affair." Petrarch’s writing on Laura expresses both delight and despair. It hurts when
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over the years‚ this passage has grown to become much more to me. While the application of agape love and the special relationship of this passage with my wife and our wedding‚ it’s meaning has grown deeper in my understanding of this passage and the overall context of Paul’s letter to the Corinthian Church. What I have learned and what has been emphasized in the Hayes commentary is this is less about agape love and more about love within the church community. Furthermore‚ when evaluating the last
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took their life for one another. Each Romeo and Juliet at some point in the play expressed a type of love for either someone or for something. Whether is be eros‚ agape‚ or phileo love. Eros love is a type of erotic love that develops between sexual feelings. Agape is a type of love that resonates from selfless love . People show agape love through sacrifices‚ like Jesus. Lastly ‚ phileo love is a type of "brotherly love". People that show phileo love strive to make other people happy without expecting
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