Situational ethics
TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE PARTICULAR CONTEXT OF AN ACT WHEN EVALUATING IT ETHICALLY
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Situational ethics or situation ethics takes into account only the particular context of an act when evaluating it ethically, rather than judging it only according to absolute moral standards. With the intent to have a fair basis for judgments or action, one looks to personal ideals of what is appropriate to guide them, rather than an unchanging universal code of conduct, such as Biblical law under divine command theory or the Kantian categorical imperative.