An Ethical Perspectives Model for FCS

Purposeful moral deliberation is essential to the ethical practice of family and consumer sciences (FCS). This article proposes a model of ethical perspectives that is appropriate for educators, practitioners, and scholars of FCS. This model was conceptualized from the ethical decision-making framework suggested by Shapiro and Stefkovich (2005). In the proposed model, four approaches are integrated, including ethics of justice, care, critique, and profession. Each ethical perspective perpetuates its own ideology and constructs in defining and clarifying morally defendable decisions. (Contains 1 figure.)