ABSTRACT
Professionals play key roles in our lives, from the physician who cares for us even before our birth to the attorney who manages our estate following our death. It is our professionals who are there during the most emotionally charged moments of life. We trust them to manage our deepest fears and pain, and call on them to ght for and defend our civil rights. With the advent of new technologies and changing de nitions of societal institutions, ethical issues have become increasingly complex. Never before has it been more critical to examine how professionals are socialized and educated to assist us through some of the most critical moments of our lives. This chapter provides a guided re ection on the state of theory, research, and practice for ethics education in the professions.
