re: #592 Davehm

You are the one twisting things here, sir. Situational ethics is not what one does to save their skin (nor is moral relativism, for that matter). SE, at least as I define it, is a system of ethics that one changes as the situations around them change.

One example would be a person who would steal something when with a friend that they know would condone it, then deplore that same action when with a friend that they know does not condone such things.

Another example would be to behave in a kind, responsible, respectful manner when you believe in the presence of a judgmental god and the threat of eternal damnation, and then behaving like a criminal monster when you no longer have such a belief, as you insinuated you would do in your post above.

Moral relativism is a whole different ball of wax, not at all the same as situational ethics. I dare say that you are not employing much in the way of logic or critical thinking in your reasoning.