Starter A teenage girl has become pregnant as
Starter • A teenage girl has become pregnant as a result of being raped by a close family member. She’s very poor and very young. How would legalists, antinomians and situationists go about considering what the moral thing to do is?
Situation Ethics Evaluated • LO s • To understand the fundamentals of a proportionalist approach • • To compare to situation ethics and evaluate the extent to which it is superior • Homework – Jot key points from wider reading homework down graffiti style on mini-whiteboards.
Proportionalism • Somewhere between Natural Law and Situation Ethics. • Believe that a set of moral norms such as natural law should be loosely applied depending on the situation. • Use of them is ‘proportional’ in that they are guidelines/rules of thumb and the amount of application depends of situation or circumstance. • Discuss how this compares to situation ethics…
Video Task • Using either ‘live writing’ or ‘silent standing’ video styles, create in pairs or small groups a video focusing on one of the following: 1) Situation Ethics Explained 2) Situation Ethics Applied 3) Proportionalism vs Situation Ethics 4) Weaknesses with SE • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=nh. FOT 6 ZXVm. Y& feature=plcp • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=8 Uou. P 8 c. RYZ 8 • A 3 paper available. HWK to record if not completed this lesson.
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