Fletcher's Six Fundamental Principles
Joseph Fletcher articulated situation ethics' six principles: (1) only love is intrinsically good; (2) love is the ruling norm; (3) love and justice are equivalent; (4) love wills the neighbor's good; (5) only the end justifies the means; (6) love decides situationally (no exceptionless rules).
Real World
The 1944 case of a German housewife who reported her husband to the Gestapo to escape marriage — which Fletcher discussed — illustrates principle five: the end (love/freedom) justified the means (betrayal).
Exam Focus
Quote at least one of Fletcher's six principles verbatim using his language ('love is the only norm') to demonstrate precise textual knowledge.
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