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situation ethics
noun
- a view of ethics that deprecates general moral principles while emphasizing the source of moral judgments in the distinctive characters of specific situations.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of situation ethics1
Translation of German situationsethik (1950)
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Example Sentences
Throughout society, clear-cut distinctions between morally right and wrong are being replaced by situation ethics.
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