...The introduction frames the inquiry in this ethnography around the question of what we can learn about global health when our intimate connections to our own actions become the locus of inquiry. I argue that visceral ethics, the idea that one uses gut feelings to validate the ethical nature of our...

...The argument that visceral ethics demonstrates that affect plays a generative role in contemporary global health is synthesized. A knock-off effect of visceral ethics is that we are soothed into believing our actions are good and therefore disregard the due diligence necessary to be certain...

...Chapter 3 focuses on the author’s personal experiences of volunteering at short-term medical missions and delves further into visceral ethics. It traces how a few, spectacular moments contributed to a new understanding of the relationship between ethical action and STMMs. I describe what...

... if an action is helpful or harmful. This exploration demonstrates how short-term engagements limit the ability of volunteers to understand the effects of their actions on the world, leading them to rely more heavily on visceral ethics to judge their own actions. Citrin David Farmer Paul Kidder Tracy...