situation ethics
noun
a view of ethics that deprecates general moral principles while emphasizing the source of moral judgments in the distinctive characters of specific situations.
Origin of situation ethics
translation of German
situationsethik (1950)
Words nearby situation ethics
situ,
situate,
situated,
situation,
situation comedy,
situation ethics,
situation room,
situational irony,
situational psychosis,
situationism,
situla