Situation Ethics

asserts that the morality of an action

depends on the situation and not in the
application of moral laws to the case.

Six Fundamental Propositions of

Situation Ethics
1. Love only is always good.
Only one thing is intrinsically good; namely
love, nothing else at all.
2. Love is the only norm.
The ruling norm of Christian decision is love,
nothing else.

Six Fundamental Propositions of

Situation Ethics
3. Love and justice are the same.
Love and justice are the same, for love is
distributed, nothing else.
4. Love is not liking.
Love wills the neighbors good whether we
like him or not.

Six Fundamental Propositions of

Situation Ethics
5. Love justifies the means: Only the end
justifies the means, nothing else.
6. Love decides there and then: Loves
decisions are made simultaneously, not
prescriptively.

Virtue Ethics
is regarded with the theories of SelfRealization.
Theories
of
self-realization
represent the moral reflections of the ancient
more than two millenia years ago.