Definitions of Situation ethics: * Situational ethics refers to a particular view of ethics, in which absolute standards are considered less important than the requirements of a particular situation. The standards used may, therefore, vary from one situation to another, and may even contradict one another. This view of ethics is similar to moral relativism, and is contradictory to moral universalism, and moral absolutism. Definitions of teleological ethics: * A set of ethical beliefs based on the …showed first 75 words of 308 total…

…showed last 75 words of 308 total…are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged, and that certain actions are right or wrong, regardless of the context of the act. It is a subset of moral objectivism, and stands in contrast to situational ethics, which hold that the morality of acts depends on the context of the act. According to moral absolutism, morals are inherent in the laws of the universe, the nature of humanity, or some other fundamental source.