ABSTRACT
This chapter considers ethics in light of the connection between the personal, everyday experience of the individual and the shifts in late modern life. It argues that the world in light of increased awareness of injustice, inequality and oppression, and shows that ethics in social work requires a micro sociological lens. The chapter also argues ethical awareness must occur at both the everyday level as well as inform knowledge about the broader forces which create a space for social work to address social injustice. Some of the literature which we have discussed in Sociological Social Work in relation to globalization and individualization points to the shift from community to the individual. Singer’s example draws together two dimensions to ethics. The connection between the choices made in everyday life, along with knowledge about broader inequality, are both important in practicing and living in an ethically responsible manner.
