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Situation Ethics: The New Morality

by Joseph F. Fletcher

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"A manifesto of individual freedom and individual responsibility, elaborated within an ethic of love, which extricates modern man from rigid, archaic rules and codes. Proclaiming that any moral system is too shallow and petty to provide answers, the author outlines a methodology for decision-making which presupposes individual responsibility and declares that every man must decide for himself what is right ... Rising above any creed, this renewed morality of loving concern is based on agape, show more the love of which only God is capable, but which every man must endeavor to emulate."--[Cover notes]. show less

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Joseph Francis Fletcher

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Original publication date: 1966

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Languages: Catalan, Chinese, English
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ISBNs: 6
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Published: 1966
Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality
DDC/MDS: 170
LCC: BJ1251 .F53

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