This article discusses migration ethics in the context of applied ethics. The first part offers a characterisation of applied ethics. In the second part, the article summarises the three standard methods of applied ethics and discusses whether and to what extent these methods are employed in migration ethics. The third part draws attention to the fact that migration ethics as a field has not yet begun to reflect on its own methods. The final part argues that to develop its methodological foundations, applied ethics might benefit from consciously incorporating the methods of political philosophy for conceptualising and resolving moral disagreements.