RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 In defence of situational ethics, the NHS and the permissive society. JF Journal of Medical Ethics JO J Med Ethics FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics SP 121 OP 121 DO 10.1136/jme.10.3.121 VO 10 IS 3 A1 D Black YR 1984 UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/10/3/121.abstract 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.