Ethics Council

You ask one advisor about an ethical question, you get one moral framework's answer. Utilitarian calculus says yes. Deontological reasoning says no. You have no way to navigate the tension because you only heard one voice.

The council surfaces that tension deliberately. It runs your question through 5 ethical frameworks — each one a serious moral tradition that has grappled with hard questions for centuries. Then they peer-review each other. Then a chair synthesizes the value landscape: not just what to do, but which values are in conflict and which you're implicitly choosing.

When to Run the Ethics Council

The council is for decisions where the moral stakes are real.

Good council questions:

• "Is it ethical to A/B test on users without explicit consent if the variants are minor?"
• "We're collecting this data. Should we?"
• "We're about to lay off 20% of the team — is this the right way to do it?"
• "Our algorithm deprioritises certain demographics. Is this acceptable?"
• "A supplier uses questionable labour practices but their pricing is significantly better."