PPT-Situation Ethics The Social Context

TO KNOW TRADITIONAL CHRISTIAN WAYS OF MAKING MORAL DECISION S To understand the social context of situation ethics TO deduce from the evidence the basic underlying principles of situation ethics What period do you think these pictures are from and why. NAHO 2013 Conference. St. Paul, Minnesota . Acknowledgements . Many thanks to Eve Moran for drafting the four skits used in this presentation, and for providing many of the research materials for the ethics program being presented today. Thanks also to Professor Ogden for providing many of the research materials for today’s program. . 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?. Objective. To use memory recall, exam questions, a real life . seminar paper. Research Seminar: Precarisation, Social Work and . Ethics. by. Jörg. Zeller. zeller. social work, morals, social ethics. 1. Precarisation and . social ethics . zeller. social work, morals, social ethics. using . Dempster-Shafer Theory. Dr. Susan McKeever. Nov 4. th. 2013. . Context Aware systems – . e.g. . Smart home. Sensors in a smart home. Situation tracking – what is the user doing? What activity are they undertaking?. What is meant by situation ethics?. Situation Ethics is... Idea decisions should be based on the most loving thing to do. Idea began with an American Christian thinker Joseph Fletcher. . Fletcher felt that just using the Bible was wrong so instead should use Jesus’ commandment to love your neighbour as yourself and on the situation. The elements of situation ethics were described by Joseph Fletcher;. Charlotte Vardy. “Sometimes you’ve . gotta. put your principles to one side and do the right thing. ”… . Making ethical decisions…. Traditional systems (Natural Law, Kantian Ethics) focus on the action and make ABSOLUTE rules.. What does it mean for an action to be loving. ?. How might love be defined. ?. Is moral behaviour about following rules or working things out for ourselves. ?. Are there unbreakable laws to govern moral behaviour, or should we make our own moral decisions?. Ethics 2016. What is Ethics?. Ethics . is one of the branches of modern philosophy. . Philosophy. Ethics Logic. Why Study Ethics?. Ethics is a way of thinking about moral principles that govern human . NVAGT . Congress. , Antwerp, . . Oct.18. th. . 2015. Ivana Vid. a. kovi. ć. ividakovic@ian.org.rs. Content. H. ow . I became interested for . Gestalt . psychotherapy and . its social application . : Catholicism . and . criticism. Nod / Aim: To discover to what extent Situation Ethics is compatible with Catholic teaching and what are its weaknesses.. Pair task. In pairs decide what are the main strengths and the weaknesses of Situation Ethics. 1905-91. American ethicist. Taught . christian. ethics at Harvard. Ordained as an episcopal priest. After publication of situation ethics, he became an atheist in 1967. 1967, he was named humanist of the year. . Specification content. Fletcher’s rejection of other approaches within ethics: legalism, antinomianism and the role of conscience. Fletcher’s rational for using the religious concept of ‘agape’. Natural Law applied to any issue. Absolute and deontological. Primary precept – which affect the issue?. Which secondary precepts have produced a ruling on the issue. Does double effect apply?. Does the situation require an unusual response?. Abortion. Euthanasia and assisted suicide. Capital Punishment. Genetic engineering (cloning, designer babies, genetic research) . When applying Natural Law:. The fact that Natural Law is absolute. Which of the primary precepts affect the issue?.