Preface Acknowledgment 1. Introduction to the Role and to Ethics Reasoning A. The Emergence of Practical Ethics B. What is Ethics? i. Virtue Theory ii. Deontology iii. Utilitarianism iv. Contextualism: Pulling it All Together C.
Messy, Messy, Messy 2. Levels of Ethics Work: Micro, Meso, and Macro Problems and Solutions A. A First Explanation of Ethics Work i. Law and Ethics B. Levels of Ethics Work i. Micro Level a. Overview of the Process ii. Meso Level iii.
Macro Level 3. Expertise and Activism A. Ethics Expertise Explained i. Ethics Reasoning ii. Arguments Against Expertise B. Ethics Expertise Defended i. The Myth of Neutrality ii. Weak Moral Realism iii.
Ethics Reasoning and Truth-Seeking C. Activism i. Macro Level Activism a. Other Professional Groups ii. Meso Level Activism a. Power b. Bias c. Time d.
Institutional Norms D. Activist Strategies 4. Cultural Awareness, Independence, and Process A. Culturally Attuned Independence i. Why Independence B. Conflict of Interest: Incidental and Structural i. Who Is the Client? a. To Whom/What Duties Are Owed ii.
Unavoidable Conflict C. Managing Structural COI i. Management Techniques D. A Case Consultation Process i. Reasoning Steps a. Step One: Get the Facts b. Step Two: Types of Conflict i. Dilemmas and Principles Identification ii.
Dilemmas and Balancing Principles iii. Ethical Distress c. Step Three: Collaboration and Moral Imagination ii. Context and Facts 5. A Deeper Dive into the Practice of Ethics Consulting A. Why Theory i. Rejecting Anti-Theory ii. Theory and Knowing Why a.
Nuance and Understanding Concepts'' Meaning B. Theory''s Role in Consultations i. Conceptual Clarity ii. All Necessary? C. What, in Addition to Theory? i. Getting the Facts, Redux D. Ethnography and Structural Analysis i. Accessing Structural Underpinnings E.
Skills, Training, and Demeanor i. Skills ii. Training iii. Demeanor and Its Underlying Virtues iv. Ethics Consulting and Virtues 6. New and Emerging Issues in Ethics Consulting A. AI and Societal Transformation i. AI''s Impact on Higher Education a.
Reducing Academic Dishonesty ii. AI''s Impact on K-12 Education iii. AI''s Impact on Media: Deep Fakes B. Medicine''s Changing Treatment Methods i. Increasing Reliance on Gene Therapy C. Journalism in the Face of Economic and Ideological Forces i. Ethics Impacts D. Climate Change 7.
"You Never Call on Easy Cases" A. Trisomy 13 Infant B. A Sister as a Surrogate C. The Drowning Photo D. Why Be an Ethicist? i. Caveats E. Conclusion Appendix A: Acronyms References.