ethicists
Experts on morals
Ethicists are people who study or specialize in ethics—the branch of philosophy concerned with questions of right and wrong, good and bad.
Some ethicists work in academic philosophy, while others advise institutions on practical moral questions: The hospital's ethicist helped the family navigate end-of-life decisions.
Bioethicists focus specifically on medical and biological issues.
Systematic reasoning process
- debateFormal argument on issues
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
rhetoric · disputation · dialectics · critique · analysis · examination · interrogation · objection
Ethics judging by results
- deontologyMorality based on obligations
- utilitarianismGreatest-happiness moral theory
- metaethicsPhilosophy examining moral foundations
- moral relativismValues vary by context
Independent decision-making capacity
- justiceFair treatment under law
- beneficenceActive desire to help
- dignityInnate personal worth
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
equity · rights · duty · responsibility · integrity · compassion · altruism · fidelity
Concerning biology and medicine
- clinicalEmotionally detached, medically precise
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- environmentalOf natural surroundings
- businessCommercial activity or occupation
technology · AI · journalism · legal · military · animal · global · public policy
argumentation
Systematic reasoning process
- debateFormal argument on issues
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
reasoning · rhetoric · disputation · dialectics · critique · analysis · examination · interrogation · objection · scrutiny
consequentialism
Ethics judging by results
- deontologyMorality based on obligations
- utilitarianismGreatest-happiness moral theory
- metaethicsPhilosophy examining moral foundations
autonomy
Independent decision-making capacity
- justiceFair treatment under law
- beneficenceActive desire to help
- dignityInnate personal worth
fairness · equity · rights · duty · responsibility · integrity · compassion · altruism · fidelity · veracity
biomedical
Concerning biology and medicine
- clinicalEmotionally detached, medically precise
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- environmentalOf natural surroundings
business · technology · AI · journalism · legal · military · animal · global · public policy · healthcare
MacIntyre
- thinkersthinkers, thinker, philosophers, philosopher, Aristotle
- intelligentsiaintellectuals, professors, intelligentsia, academics, philosophers
- supportersfan, patron, supporters, backers, backer
- dissentersdissenter, dissenters, dissidents, dissident, nonconformists
- reformersreformers, reformer, social reformers, social reformer, political reformer
ethicistsnihilists
Deniers of meaning
sociopaths · psychopaths · cynics · opportunists · profiteers
ethicistsmercenaries
Soldiers paid to fight
pragmatists · power brokers · operators · fixers · technocrats
ethicistslawyers
Licensed legal practitioners
preachers · clergy · compliance officers · regulators · lobbyists