Richard, you post on two ethical systems was well written and very informative. I thought your discussion on situationism was interesting with respect to determining the meaning of love and an individual’s interpretation of what defines love. Love can have many meanings and can be shown in numerous was, if an individual lived only by the ethical system of situationism, that would leave too much flexibility to the interpretation believing that, “each situation is so different from every other situation” (Geisler, 2010, p. 37). In addition, Fletcher’s situationism claims seemed to be an old fashion notion and does not apply to the modern world, “it never adequately addressed some of the crucial social evils that bedevil the modern world” (Gill, 2017, p. 98).
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This situation would cause Jesus to sin regardless of which decision he made, undermining the Christian faith. Therefore, as a follower of Christ I have a hard time with conflicting absolutism based on Corinthians 10:13, “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it” (New International
This situation would cause Jesus to sin regardless of which decision he made, undermining the Christian faith. Therefore, as a follower of Christ I have a hard time with conflicting absolutism based on Corinthians 10:13, “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it” (New International