Situation Ethics—An Introduction

Mere mention of the new morality, another name for situation ethics, brings many things to mind. We think of co-eds shacking up for the semester at the pads of their lovers. Our minds wander to San Francisco and the topless waitresses serving drinks to gawking customers. Sometimes we are shocked by the news media's lurid description of Off-Broadway and its nudism. The beach does not escape the trend. Even inchurch we are distracted by the bare knees of the mini-skirted lass sitting in the pew...