This collection addresses whether ethicists like authorities in other fields can speak as
experts in their subject matter. Though ethics consultation is a growing practice in medical
contexts there remain difficult questions about the role of ethicists in professional
decision-making. Contributors examine the nature and plausibility of moral expertise the
relationship between character and expertise the nature and limits of moral authority how one
might become a moral expert and the trustworthiness of moral testimony. This volume engages
with the growing literature in these debates and offers new perspectives from both academics
and practitioners. The readings will be of particular interest to bioethicists clinicians
ethics committees and students of social epistemology. These new essays promise to advance
discussions in the professionalization and accreditation of ethics consultation.
