PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Black, D TI - In defence of situational ethics, the NHS and the permissive society. AID - 10.1136/jme.10.3.121 DP - 1984 Sep 01 TA - Journal of Medical Ethics PG - 121--121 VI - 10 IP - 3 4099 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/10/3/121.short 4100 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/10/3/121.full SO - J Med Ethics1984 Sep 01; 10 AB - Dr Adrian Rogers delivers a three-pronged assault on the concepts of 'situational ethics'; the eleemosynary principles underlying the National Health Service, and the permissiveness of modern society. I hold strong, and largely opposite, views on each of these matters, which are outlined in this paper.