ABSTRACT
In the professional ethics classes we have found it useful to use a model of moral thinking that distinguishes between the personal level, the role level, and the institutional level; we call it the "tri-level model". The model helps the students analyze complex issues more effectively, and allows them to use ethical theories in an insightful way even with relatively basic understandings of those theories. This chapter argues that moral sensitivity is best understood at the personal level, but that important aspects can only be appreciated when we consider the role level and the institutional level as well. It is important to note that we conceive of the virtue-theoretic tradition in broad terms; we believe that important insights can be gained through considering the perspectives of the feminist ethic of care and Confucian thought. We will call the account of moral sensitivity that results from the application of this model "moral sensitivity as integrated attunement".
