ABSTRACT
In this chapter I discuss several new ideas in moral education that have emerged out of my work with practicing health care professionals. The work began with physicians and later expanded to include nurses as well. The impetus for these ideas came from the fact that the activities of health care workers, and no doubt other professionals as well, reveal a set of considerations not usually encountered in school settings. These considerations stem from the fact that a professional is often accountable to a client whose goals must be considered and to whom one's decisions must often be defended. For these reasons moral education in this area must devote particular attention to the actual decisions reached and the manner in which the client's views are consulted.
