Situation Ethics
The Ethical Law "Situation Ethics" is a law based on the teachings of love in the New Testament. The word for love in the new testament is agape which refers to a selfless, unconditional and concerned love. This ethical law supports the idea that the moral thing to do in any situation is whatever you believe to be the most unselfish and giving thing- whatever is closest to the spirit of agape. Situation ethics has no rigid rules, as it believes every situation is different and therefore must be thought about independently whilst still looking at the spirits of agape.
Again, this ethical law really depends on what type of people you are involving. If the man and the woman were people who really didn't want to have an arranged marriage but their families really wanted them to, they would be selfless and go through with it for the happiness of those around them. In this way arranged marriage would be right as it results in the happiness of the families, however it could be looked at in reverse. The families could love their son/daughter unconditionally, and would settle with the fact that their child does not want to get married, and in this way arranged marriage would be looked at as wrong.
Every situation is different, and it (very much like utilitarianism) depends on whether the two people actually want to go through with the arranged marriage; and so we CANNOT TELL whether arranged marriage is seen as right or wrong on the terms of the Situation Ethics Theory.
The Ethical Law "Situation Ethics" is a law based on the teachings of love in the New Testament. The word for love in the new testament is agape which refers to a selfless, unconditional and concerned love. This ethical law supports the idea that the moral thing to do in any situation is whatever you believe to be the most unselfish and giving thing- whatever is closest to the spirit of agape. Situation ethics has no rigid rules, as it believes every situation is different and therefore must be thought about independently whilst still looking at the spirits of agape.
Again, this ethical law really depends on what type of people you are involving. If the man and the woman were people who really didn't want to have an arranged marriage but their families really wanted them to, they would be selfless and go through with it for the happiness of those around them. In this way arranged marriage would be right as it results in the happiness of the families, however it could be looked at in reverse. The families could love their son/daughter unconditionally, and would settle with the fact that their child does not want to get married, and in this way arranged marriage would be looked at as wrong.
Every situation is different, and it (very much like utilitarianism) depends on whether the two people actually want to go through with the arranged marriage; and so we CANNOT TELL whether arranged marriage is seen as right or wrong on the terms of the Situation Ethics Theory.