Ethics Links - Core 10

Here are a number of links that I have found to be helpful to students in doing research on the internet. There are a number of sites here that have primary texts online, as well as other sites I have found to be pretty reliable. Be sure to look at some of my suggestions for evaluating web sites. (All links were checked on December 31,2007)

T. McFarland, C.PP.S.

Religion and Public Life: Here are a couple of publications that address issues regarding the interaction of religion and public life in the United States.

Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life- see especially an August 2006 poll for some interesting data as well as some other links..

First Things This journal addresses a number of theoretical concerns regarding religion and public life.

The Journal of Law and Religion

Religion: The Freedom Forum - this site has current court cases and articles on the freedom of religion and separation of Church and State.

The Leonard E. Greenberg Center for Study of Religion in Public Life - at Trinity College, has some online articles about various concerns in religion in public life.

Religion in Public Life - This page is from the Acton Institute for the study of religion and liberty.

Religion Online - many different topics addressed by religious scholars -- includes a searchable database.

Ethics links: These links might help to understand some of the language of ethics and ethical theories.

	Ethics Update another good site with both ethical theory and applied ethics.
	Ethics Connection This site from the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics is located at Santa Clara University. It has an online journal with a number of articles on different areas in applied ethics.
	Internet Encyclopedia of Ethics - a handy resource to acquaint one with a variety of issues in ethics.
	Feminist Ethics - a good article from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Feminist Ethics. You can also find entries on other issues by clicking on the letters at the top of the page.
	Applied Ethics Resources on the Web -- a site from Canada that has links to a number of topics in applied ethics

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Bioethics Links: Here are some pretty good sites to keep up on some of the changing world of bioethics.

	University of Wisconsin -- Bioethics on-line
	University of Buffalo Center for Clinical Ethics and Medical Humanities
	Kennedy Ethics Center - Library & Information Sources - a good resource.
	Case Western Reserve-- Center For Biomedical Ethics
	McFarland's Bioethics Links -- from a course I taught in Bioethics (024). Also see my Bioethics Updates, which contains a number in interesting links.
	Bioethics -- a site from Italy (in English) with some more bioethics links.
	The American Journal of Bioethics The Journal has both some articles online as well as some current new items.
	The President's Council on Bioethics - site has a number of good resources.
	The Commonwealth Fund - good site with lots of research on health coverage and and access issues.

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Business Ethics Links: A couple of sites here with some on-line journals about business ethics.

	Electronic Journal of Business Ethics and Organizational Studies
	Corporate Social Responsibility - Codes and Principles -- a number on online sources outlining some principles for social responsibility in business.
	Center for Integrity in Business -- From Seattle Pacific University has a number of interesting features.
	Center for Business Ethics - Links -- from Bentley University, a small selection of their recommended links.
	Center for Business Ethics (St. Thomas University) includes an Online Journal of Ethics.
	Business Ethics - a Canadian resource for business ethics that includes some good links.
	Business Ethics - Sharon Stoerger MLS, MBA of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign maintains this page with a number of good links to various sources.
	The John Ryan - at University of St. Thomas. There are some interesting conference papers on aspects of Catholicism and business as well as other resources.
	Business Ethics - Business Ethics - has a number of links to Business White Papers dealing with ethical issues.
	International Business Ethics Institute - an interesting site with links to various ethics information with a nice international focus.
	Business Ethics brief -- a very brief introduction to issues in ethics and business presented to a business class at Saint Joseph's College.

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Computer Ethics: With the Internet and the many issues it raises, computer ethics are in many ways still developing.

	Information Ethics: The Philosophical Foundation of Computer Ethics -- by Luciano Floridi of Oxford University. A scholarly paper on the foundations of computer ethics, Professor Floridi also has a nice set of links for other resources on computer ethics.
	The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics
	Dmoz - Open Directory Project -- Computer Ethics -- a good site with links to professional codes of ethics, and other sites about computer ethics.
	Ethics, Law and Computing Resource Center -- by Brian M. O'Connell of the Department of Computer Science at Central Connecticut University. A very extensive listing of sites related to ethical and legal concerns with computers
	A Very Short History of Computer Ethics - a good article providing a little history of ethics in computing (with some other links as well)
	Ethics in the Internet - a Vatican Document (2002) dealing with ethical issues on the Internet

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Environmental Ethics and EcoJustice: Here again, some interesting developments in the field of environmental ethics.

	Environmental Ethics -- from Eugene C. Hargrove of the University of North Texas. Several good links here including Environmental Ethics Related Publications.
	The Envirolink Library -- includes a host of links about environmental issues and a search engine..
	Environmental Ethics -- from the Ethics Update pages.
	Internet Resources for Environmental Ethics - by Timothy C. Weiskel the Director of Harvard Seminar on Environmental Values
	Environmental Ethics - a page by Prof. Ron Epstein, with some good links to a variety of subjects.
	Catholic Social Teaching and Environmental Ethics

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Catholic Sources: A number of on-line sources for Catholic thought on moral issues.

	Resources in Catholic Social Ethics
	New Advent Catholic Supersite --a site with numerous Catholic sources, including Papal encyclicals, bishops statements, etc., on a host of topics.
	The Vatican Archives -- A convenient way to search for topics on the Vatican web site.
	United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) -- As the title says, web site of USCCB, be sure to check USCCB Statements and Speeches which contains several statements that may be helpful in providing theological perspectives to issues.
	Indiana Catholic Conference -- The public policy advocacy arm of the Indiana Catholic Bishops which has a number of position papers issued by the Conference on several ethical issues.
	Documents of the Catholic Church - contains the papal encyclicals, documents of Vatican II and some other documents issued by the Vatican..
	Resources for Catholic Educators -- Moral Issues Moral Issues A pretty good listing of a variety of moral topics.
	The Catholic Health Association of the United States a good site for issues regarding Catholic Health Care, including a search engine for the site, an online journal Health Progress, and an number of good links.

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Media and Communications Ethics

	Media Ethics on the Web -- from the communications Department at California State University, Fullerton, contains some links to sources in media ethics, including another page on Movie and TV Ethics.
	Codes of Ethics Online - Media -- from the Illinois Institute of Technology.
	Ethics in Journalism - by the Society of Professional Journalists.
	Radio, Television News Directors - Code of Ethics
	Journal of Mass Media Ethics
	Independent Press Councils - has a nice link to codes of ethics for press around the world.
	Journalism Ethics - Sharon Stoerger maintains this site, with a number of links to codes of ethics and some articles and journalism ethics

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Ethics in Science and Technology: A few sites covering these ethical issues.

	The Ethics Center for Science and Engineering
	Dialogue on Science Ethics and Religion - like the title says, there's some interesting information here on relationship of science, ethics and religion, from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
	Ethics and Science - A Guide for Catholic Educators
	On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research - joint publication by the National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Engineering and Institutes of Medicine (1994)
	APA Research Ethics and Regulations - some good links here from APA on both human and animal subjects.

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Sexual Ethics Here are just a few varied sources to get one started ...

Sexual Ethics

Persona Humana The Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith's "On Certain Questions on Sexual Ethics (1975)

Literature on Sexual Orientation (Ethics Update)

Contraception and Catholic Ethics

Sexual Ethics Support Team (Methodist) University of North Carolina -- some other Christian denomination's perspectives.

Christian Sexual Ethics

More Light on Sexual Ethics (Presbyterian)

Dignity - Sexual Ethics - a national organization for gay/lesbian Catholics.

Supreme Court Cases: A rather good site from Cornell University School of Law which provides access to the Court's rulings on cases since 1990. One can search this database according to year or subject. Definitely worth a look!

Supreme Court Cases

Professional Codes of Ethics: Here is the beginning of some sites that have professional codes of ethics listed online.

	Codes of Ethics Online -- from the Illinois Institute of Technology. A pretty comprehensive listing (according to categories) of some professional codes of ethics.
	Ethics on the World Wide Web -- from the School of Communication at the California State University, Fullerton. Has several links to professional codes.

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Special Searches

	Epsco Host databases (available only on SJC Campus) a host of online databases some of which provide full text articles. This is a "must" for SJC students..
	Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information.
	Finding Data on the Internet Find reputable statistics on a number of different areas here.
	The Kaiser Family Foundation You will find lots of good statistical information on health issues here.
	Searchgov -- provides a search engine for quite a number of government sites, agencies and independent agencies.
	Searchedu -- from the same site as above, only this search engine surveys over 20 million educational institution pages.
	Google Scholar - this beta version of Google Scholar searches scholarly journals and books, the text of a number of these can be found online.
	MEDLINEplus® will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MEDLINEplus brings together, by health topic, authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), other government, non-profit and other health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MEDLINEplus and give easy access to the medical research literature. It also provides you with a database of full-text drug information and an illustrated medical encyclopedia

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