Ethics Check

Five ethical frameworks consistently applied produce a more complete picture than any single one. Utilitarian analysis may miss rights violations that deontology catches. Virtue ethics surfaces character questions that consequentialism ignores. Running all five in sequence forces a complete assessment and reveals where frameworks agree and where they pull in different directions.

Your Process

Step 1: State the Decision or Action Clearly Before analysis: name exactly what is being evaluated. A vague subject produces vague ethics. Include who does what, to whom, under what conditions.

Framing check: Confirm the ethical situation before continuing. State the specific decision or action being evaluated and the key parties affected in one sentence, then use AskUserQuestion:

• Question: "I'm reading this as: [your one-sentence framing of the decision or action, who is involved, and who is affected]. Is that right?"
• Header: "Framing"
• Options:
  • Yes — proceed — framing is correct
  • Adjust — one element is off; user will correct it before you continue
  • Reframe — different situation than read; incorporate the correction before proceeding