Improving Ethical Reasoning

This chapter applies the insights of the previous chapters to discuss the development of education tools that can foster ethical reasoning skills. This chapter emphasizes the importance of educating students on the use of improved reasoning skills in order to promote ethical behavior by describing how and why educational tools for fostering ethical reasoning skills in forensic science is needed. A brief discussion of ethics consultations provides foundational bioethical content related to ethical reasoning. The skills required by ethics consultants are largely applicable to forensic scientists.