ABSTRACT
Invited to write this introductory chapter because of my background in statistical ethics, let me explain how that came about. As an undergraduate philosophy major, I found ethics to be very interesting and relatively easy, but not very practical. All the great philosophers made well-reasoned arguments. They all would have us make positive contributions to society and avoid misbehavior. Still, none showed me how to apply ethical philosophy as opposed to logic, theory of knowledge, and philosophy of science (physics).
