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Jymni Ethics Advisor

Advisor User Manual

Advisor is the fast question-and-answer version of Jymni Ethics Advisor. Use it to consider whether a personal choice is ethically sound, practically wise, both, or neither.

Quick Start

Open Advisor at /. You can type your own personal ethics question, or pick a sample situation from the Jymni Guide.

Advisor home screen with question field, Evaluate button, and Jymni Guide sample case picker.
Advisor starts with one question field and a sample-case matrix.
  1. Type a personal ethics question. Use one clear situation. Include the choice, people affected, relationship, stakes, and concern when you can.
  2. Select Evaluate. Advisor reviews the case and returns a Jymni Guide result.
  3. Read the result. Check the classification, risks, missing facts, and action steps before you act.
  4. Export or start again. Use Export PDF to keep the result, or Try another case? to clear the screen.

Ask a Question

Advisor works best when your question gives enough facts to understand the choice. A vague one-line description is usually not enough.

Advisor with a personal question about cancelling plans typed into the question field.
A focused question gives Advisor enough context to make useful comments.
Include this Example Why it helps
Choice or action Tell the truth, keep a promise, set a boundary, share private information. Shows what Advisor should judge.
People affected Partner, child, friend, coworker, neighbor, stranger, or community. Some people and relationships need more care.
Setting Home, work, school, online, public, private, or an emergency. The same choice can carry different duties in different settings.
Facts and uncertainty What happened, what each person said, what is assumed, and what is still unknown. Advisor can distinguish facts from assumptions and adjust its confidence.
Risk or concern Pressure, privacy, missing consent, vulnerability, unequal power, or unclear promises. Helps Advisor focus on the real ethical issue.

Good rule: Write the question like you are explaining the situation to a careful friend who knows none of the background.

Question Examples

Use these examples as patterns. You can copy the structure, then replace the facts with your own case.

Keeping a confidence

My friend told me something private that may affect another person. When, if ever, would it be right to share it?

Vulnerable relative

An older relative keeps sending money to an online acquaintance. How can I protect them without taking away their voice?

Competing promises

I promised to help a neighbor move, but my child now needs me at the same time. How should I decide which commitment comes first?

Strong question format

For a more complete answer, use this plain format:

  • Choice: What you are considering saying or doing.
  • People affected: Who may benefit, be burdened, or lose a meaningful choice.
  • Relationship and setting: What duties, expectations, or power differences matter.
  • Stakes: What could be gained, lost, repaired, or made irreversible.
  • Facts: What you know, assume, or still need to learn.
  • Requested action: What each person is being asked to do or accept.
  • Concern: What feels risky, unclear, or unfair.

Sample Cases

The Jymni Guide has four quadrants. Pick a quadrant to see sample situations and learn how Advisor thinks about common personal choices.

Advisor sample menu open on the Aligned quadrant with several sample cases listed.
Open a quadrant to choose a built-in sample case.
Quadrant Means Use it to study
Aligned Ethical and effective. Choices that respect people and are workable in real life.
Self-Serving Effective, but not ethical enough. Choices that may work for the decision-maker but create trust, fairness, or harm risks.
Well-Meant Ethical, but not very effective. Choices that mean well but may be poorly informed, disproportionate, or likely to backfire.
Reckless Not ethical and not effective. Choices that may hurt people and are unlikely to solve the problem.
  1. Choose a quadrant. Open Aligned, Self-Serving, Well-Meant, or Reckless samples.
  2. Pick a case. Advisor fills the question and runs the sample evaluation.
  3. Compare the result to your own work. Use the sample to learn what makes a case stronger, safer, or riskier.

Read Results

A result starts with the Jymni Guide classification, then gives the reasoning behind it. Read the whole result before you act on the final verdict.

Advisor result screen showing a Aligned classification, matrix thumbnail, assessment sections, and Export PDF button.
Advisor explains the classification, risks, improvements, and final verdict.
Result part What it tells you What to do next
Jymni Guide The main classification, such as Aligned or Self-Serving. Use it as a quick signal, not the whole answer.
Brief Assessment A short read on the main issue. Check whether Advisor understood the case correctly.
Practical wisdom How workable, proportionate, sustainable, and repairable the choice is. Look for a realistic, proportionate path that addresses the actual problem.
Societal Values How the choice lines up with fairness, honesty, respect, and responsibility. Fix parts that may mislead, pressure, exclude, or exploit people.
Risks/Assumptions/Missing Facts What Advisor is unsure about or worried about. Verify the facts, communicate clearly, or ask a trusted person for help.
Actionable Improvements Specific changes that could make the choice safer, fairer, or more workable. Turn these into specific improvements to the choice or conversation.
Final Verdict The bottom-line recommendation. Use it to decide whether to revise, review, or move ahead.

Advisor is guidance, not a final authority. For legal, medical, financial, safety, abuse, or other high-stakes situations, seek qualified help before acting.

Export and Retry

After Advisor finishes, you can keep the result or clear the screen for another case.

Export PDF

Use this when you want to share the evaluation, attach it to a review ticket, or keep a record of the result.

Try another case?

Use this to start fresh. The question field returns, and you can type a new case or choose another sample.

  1. Review the result first. Make sure the case and classification make sense.
  2. Select Export PDF if you need a copy. The browser creates a PDF of the evaluation.
  3. Select Try another case? when done. This clears the result and returns you to the question screen.

Tips

If this happens Try this
The answer feels too general. Add the people affected, relationship, setting, facts, stakes, and exact concern.
Advisor says facts are missing. Do not ignore that. Find the missing fact, reduce the risk, or ask a trusted person for help.
The classification surprises you. Read the risk and values sections. The issue may be about pressure, missing facts, consent, or fairness.
You need a deeper workflow. Use Studio for saved evaluations, follow-up work, strengthening, and counterargument review.
You need admin settings. Use the Admin manual for users, credits, LLM settings, rate cards, policy memory, and evaluation specs.