TY - JOUR T1 - In defence of situational ethics, the NHS and the permissive society. JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 121 LP - 121 DO - 10.1136/jme.10.3.121 VL - 10 IS - 3 AU - D Black Y1 - 1984/09/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/10/3/121.abstract N2 - 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. ER -