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    Fletcher and J.A.T Robinson and also William Barclay. Situation Ethics is also considered to be the method of ethical decision making that states that you must consider “noble love” (agapé) in decision making and that a moral decision is correct if it is the most loving thing to do. The theory is based upon this idea of agapé love which is defined by William Barclay as “unconquerable good will”. Situation Ethics developed during the 1960s and the post war generation was a great influence on this. Between

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    desires for sex and food. If it feels good‚ it is good. Philia refers to a friendship love like brotherly where people act with one another with kindness and showing honor. Agape is divided in two parts‚ Divine love; a love that humans feel towards God. Altruism Love‚ defines the love among humans for one another. In Agape the love exist first then the value. This means in other words that‚ someone would love the other person‚ without any reason.it is a sort of a selfless love of one person for

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    The CEO of Starbucks made his position on equal rights crystal clear. By making this decision and speaking publicly on the topic he was applying the theory of the Judeo-Christian Person as Ends/Agape. This theory says to love your neighbor as you love yourself. The CEO makes it clear that he believes that all of his employees should have equal rights no matter what their sexuality is. This shows that he believes that everyone should be treated as equals. A large part of this theory has to do with

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    four words that embodied what‚ love was thought to mean. These words were Agape‚ meaning general affection or a deeper sense of true love unlike Eros‚ Eros referred to romance and passionate love or intimate love‚ Philia was the love of friendship and Storge is natural affection‚ such as the love felt between parents and their offspring. In this I will be taking a deeper look into these four powerful words for love. Agape is one of the Koine words from ancient Greece translated to mean love. It

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    Merriam-Webster is an intense feeling of deep affection. The first type of love is Agape; or true love‚ which is experienced by the Narrator and his wife Razia. The second type of love is companionate love‚ which is experienced by Nathu and Jasho. The final type of love is Philos‚ which is love experienced between to friends is the type of love that Ramu and Rani have. There are many different types of love. The first type; Agape or true love is experienced between the narrator and his wife Razia. This

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    Julia Merryman CORE 110-V Lora Mendenhall Formal 3 Draft 1 November 26‚ 2012 Book of Ruth This is a love story‚ although it is not the usual love that recent fictitious novels depict. Most love stories are about two people‚ while this story is about three. It is about a more sacred and deep love that cannot be described by a word that has lost it’s meaning throughout the years. The word “love” has become an overused word that people use for everything. What I find discomforting is the

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    WHAT IS LOVE? LOVE. The most wonderful and the strangest thing in the world. Love - one of the most fundamental and common themes in world culture and art. The arguments about love and its analysis as a phenomenon date back to ancient philosophy. Love is also considered as a philosophical category‚ in the form of subjective attitudes‚ intimate feelings which are directed to the object of love. The wоrd "love" can refer to a variety of different feelings‚ states‚ and attitudes that ranges from

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    The three types of love As you live‚ you learn to love in many different ways. You can love your friends‚ your family‚ your girlfriend or boyfriend‚ eating‚ writing‚ singing‚ learning and the list just keeps growing and growing till infinity. Basically you can love anything and anyone. Sure‚ you love your mother and father‚ but you also love your girlfriend or boyfriend in a different certain way. It’s the way you love‚ which makes it certain what the type of love you have towards anyone or anything

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    loving outcome. This is most definitely a rule. Of course Barclay is aware of this so why does he‚ and others‚ continue to assert the above claim? This is largely down to the vagueness of Fletcher’s ‘rule’. He speaks of agape (brotherly love) and how we should demonstrate agape in every action. However the main issue is that he is not consistent in what this actually means. He has been accused by

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    basis of your argument‚ which this paper intends to prove. Briefly introduce the titles of the course literature you intend to cite. Briefly state which two earthly loves are not dominant human motivators. Briefly state some of the attributes of Agape love that can rescue the “dark side” of your chosen love by preserving it and

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