In a time of crisis, they resorted to eating the sacred bread that was reserved for priests. It is alleged that Jesus himself cited with approval what David did. Supposedly, Christ endorsed David's practice of situation ethics, and, thereby, justified the law-breaking conduct of his own disciples. This philosophy of situation ethics is bereft of merit, and for the following reasons. And one person's love can be another person's hate.
Subjectivity can never be the standard for human conduct.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes . Second, the narrative in Matthew 12 does not provide support for the dogma of situation ethics. On a certain Sabbath day, the Lord and his disciples were passing through a grain field. The disciples, being hungry, began to pluck grain and eat it. Certain Pharisees saw this, and charged the Savior's men with breaking the law of Moses.