Assisted dying for the terminally ill bill
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldbills/036/06036.i.html
This website makes available the full-text of the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill. It was introduced as a private members bill by Lord Joel Joffe, a retired human rights lawyer, in the wake of heart-rending cases like those of Diane Pretty's and Reginald Crew's. The bill seeks to make it lawful for doctors to assist terminally ill patients to end their lives. The contents, divided into 16 sections, could be downloaded from the site without charge. The resource would be of interest to those studying ethics at the end of life.
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Atlas Shrugged
http://www.atlasshrugged.com/
'Atlas Shrugged' is a free website providing materials for the study of Ayn Rand's 1957 novel of the same name. Published by the Ayn Rand Institute, this website provides an accessible study-guide to an influential novel that has sold six million copies and continues to sell 185,000 copies each year. The website is best used after a full reading of the novel, since it contains numerous 'plot spoilers'. The website contains a 'History of Atlas Shrugged', audio commentaries and recordings, a chapter-by-chapter video examination of the themes and ideas to be found in the novel, a full profile of Rand and her works, and links to a handful of selected external websites.
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Bioethics.com
http://www.bioethics.com/
This website was created with the aim of improving public discussion on bioethics by providing global information on news and issues related to the subject. Users can access various news reports going back to the late 1990s on topics such as: Eugenics; End of Life; Genetics; Euthanasia/Suicide; Reproductive Technologies; Stem Cell Research; Transhumanism and Transplantation. The resource also makes available a calendar of events, job listings and an extensive list of links to other bioethics websites. An interesting resource for students of medical ethics.
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Bioethics.net
http://www.bioethics.net/
Bioethics.net is a website which offers a substantial collection of articles on issues important to this field, including: AIDS/HIV; genetically modified organisms; IVF/assisted reproduction; physician assisted suicide; and organ transplantation. The majority of the material on the site takes the form of short opinion pieces which are journalistic rather than academic in style, so this resource is perhaps most useful for those wishing to familiarise themselves with these topics in general terms, and as a spur to further debate. However, the Bioethics for Beginners section (under the Features heading) may prove useful to students new to this area, and the site also offers tables of contents for the American Journal of Bioethics, which tackles issues at greater length and in a more scholarly format. Links to the full text of the journal articles are also provided, but access requires a personal or institutional subscription. A blog written by the journal's editors is freely accessible via the main Bioethics.net site.
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bioethics.net
http://www.bioethics.net/beta.php
'bioethics.net' is the homepage for the American Journal of Bioethics. The site contains a contents page and abstracts for articles published in its latest issue, as well as commentaries on each piece. There is also information on how to subscribe to the journal in print and online.The site provides free of charge a number of short articles introducing the general reader to the field of bioethics. It also serves as a portal to a wide range of online resources on bioethics. Topics catered for include: cloning; end-of-life; genetics; stem cell research; and research ethics. This site provided a good general introduction to bioethics for beginners whilst also catering for specialists requiring the latest news, conference reports, and articles relating to the subject.
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British Society for Ethical Theory (BSET)
http://www.bset.org.uk/
The British Society for Ethical Theory (BSET) is dedicated to fostering the exchange of information, papers, and reviews related to ethics. The Society's official Web page provides information about past and present events: the Society's annual conference is one of the leading UK philosophical meetings. Information for those interested in joining the Society is also provided. At time of review, the site was somewhat basic, but there are plans to add further features, including a members-only section offering a discussion forum.
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Canadian Medical Association journal : ethics
http://www.cmaj.ca/collections/index.shtml#ethics
This website holds a useful compilation of works published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) which relate to Ethics. The collection, which contains pieces dating from the late 1990s onwards, has over 300 articles in all. These are helpfully divided into the following sub-headings: Bioethics for Clinician Series; Competing Interests, Conflicts of Interests; Confidentiality; End-of-Life Decisions; Informed Consent; Organ Donation; and Other Ethics. The collection is up-to-date and its contents can be accessed without charge. Researchers and students of medical ethics will find this resource interesting.
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Center for ethics and social justice
http://www.luc.edu/ethics/
This is the official website for the Center for Ethics and Social Justice at Loyola University Chicago. The center was established in 1991 to encourage the integration of ethics throughout the university and the production of ethics-based programs and initiatives. It is directed by Dr William French. This website provides information about the center's history and mission, and the activities it has undertaken to date (e.g. ethics competition for undergraduates; conferences; workshops; and outreach programs). Also available are: a downloadable article on outcomes-centered ethics teaching and annotated links to online resources in ethics and social justice. An interesting site for those researching in these areas.
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Center for the study of the great ideas
http://www.thegreatideas.org/
The website for the Center of the Study of the Great Ideas aims to provide an online presence that furthers the work of the Center's mission to prove that 'philosophy is everybody's business'. Addressing the questions as to what we should seek in life and how we should go about our search sums up the life and work of Dr. Mortimer J. Adler (1902 - 2001), who founded the Center and whose academic credentials include the post of Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago. The site aims to make the ideas of Dr. Adler widely available and while membership options at a range of prices are offered, the site contains a sufficient amount of open access material to provide comprehensive introductory insights. Under the headings such as 'The Great Ideas', 'The Great Books' and 'Liberal Education', the basic concepts of the Center are introduced fully, with a biography of Dr. Adler and a useful range of links. A search engine is available, which will yield results when searched by author name or subject. This is a wide-ranging site, with a large amount of thought-provoking material.
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Cosmos and history : the journal of natural and social philosophy
http://cosmosandhistory.org/
Cosmos and History (ISSN 1832-9101) is a recent peer-reviewed, open-access journal of natural and social philosophy. Its focus is on what it perceives as the otherwise marginalised discussion of humankind's place as social, political and cultural entities within the cosmos. The range of topics thus covered is broad, from archaeology and economics, through to ethics, critical theory, and psychoanalysis. Thinkers discussed include: Georg Hegel (1770-1831); Martin Heidegger (1889-1976); and Alain Badiou (1937-), to whom an entire issue is devoted. The journal is open to the work of philosophically-inclined writers from all disciplines, although potential contributors should look in the 'About' section under Policies to check for subject-specific special issues that may be coming up. Full-text articles for all extant issues are available in PDF format, and a search facility is provided. The Register section gives the opportunity receive email alerts of new issues, or to participate in the peer-review process.
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Danish Centre for Bioethics and Risk Assessment
http://www.bioethics.kvl.dk/
The Danish Centre for Bioethics and Risk Assessment (CeBRA) is jointly owned by the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of the University of Aarhus; Risoe National Laboratory (Technical University of Denmark); and the University of Copenhagen. This website contains information about the Centre's current projects and its list of participants. Reports and copies of the Centre's publications, on issues like animal cloning; ethics and nanotechnology; and genetically modified food; are also available. Links are provided to the home pages of relevant organisations and the site can be navigated in Danish and English. An interesting resource for students of medical ethics, particularly those undertaking comparative work.
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Dartmouth college ethics institute
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~ethics/
This is the homepage of the Dartmouth College Ethics Institute. Led by Professor Ronald M. Green, the institute is actively engaged in teaching and research activities in applied and professional ethics. Faculty's interests range from medical, business, legal and engineering ethics, to teaching and research ethics. This website provides an events calendar; and information about: seminars; competitions and campus visits; visiting scholars programme and other fellowships on offer; educational programmes and research opportunities available. There is also an annotated link to relevant online resources which would be particularly interesting to students of Philosophy and Applied Ethics.
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Disability and disadvantage : re-examining topics in moral and political philosophy
http://parrcenter.unc.edu/events/seminars/disabilityconference/
This website describes an AHRC-sponsored workshop ‘Disability and Disadvantage: Re-examining Topics in Moral and Political Philosophy’. The workshop, which took place in 2007, aimed to advance the moral and philosophical discussion of disability and disadvantage beyond the traditional themes of quality of life and decisions over bearing healthy children. In doing so, it hoped to use considerations of disability to derive important insights overlooked by mainstream discourses in mainstream philosophy. The website lists the workshop programme and participants, but unfortunately access to discussion papers is restricted by password.
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Diseases and disorders : links pertaining to ethics
http://www.mic.stacken.kth.se//Diseases/K01.316.html
Diseases and Disorders: Links Pertaining to Ethics is a collection of lightly annotated links to important websites on biomedical ethics. These are organised into seven categories: Bioethical Issues; Bioethics; Institutional Ethics; Professional Ethics; Humanism; Morals; and Professional Misconduct. Between them, over 200 entries from around the world are recorded. They cover a diverse range of issues such as the ethical use of animals in biomedical research; the administration of lethal injection to prisoners on death penalty; war crimes; abortion; organ transplantation and donation; assisted suicide; cloning; human rights; confidentiality and privacy issues associated with medical records; medical malpractice; and the use of human subjects in research and experimentation. The sources linked to range from journalistic pieces to material produced by academic institutions and articles in medical journals (some publications may require subscription to access the full text). The site would be of interest to students on medical ethics courses.
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Earth charter initiative
http://www.earthcharter.org/
The Earth Charter Initiative website describes a worldwide project devoted to promoting and implementing 'fundamental principles for building a just, sustainable and peaceful global society in the 21st century'. Its contributors are international experts, local community groups, non-governmental organisations, professional societies, and youth groups. In addition to material for a general audience, the website provides some excellent resources for researchers: the most useful area for scholars is the Resources section, which offers a substantial virtual library. This includes the Earth Charter itself, documentation on its creation, transcripts of speeches, essays, articles, and conference papers, as well as teaching materials for all levels of education and information on groups and projects arising from the Earth Charter's programmes. A useful site for those with an interest in environmental and social ethics.
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Earthlight magazine
http://www.earthlight.org/
Earthlight is a free online collection of fully referenced articles, reviews and essays, 'exploring the encounter of spirituality and ecology in our time'. It will be of most interest to researchers in literature, religion and ecology who are interested in the relationsips between science, faith and creativity. Beautifully and thoughtfully presented, this website offers insights into various aspects of ecological, environmental and spiritual thinking, with attractive artwork giving a virtual magazine format. A comprehensive archive offers access to past and recent issues, each with its own theme. Themes include 'Critical Habitat', 'The Shamanic Responses', 'Making Peace with Time' and 'The Many Faces of Activism'. There are also special issues on 'Earthsaints', devoted to pioneers of the environmental movement, including Rachel Carson, Henry David Thoreau and Thomas Merton, and 'New Story', which considers the universe and humanity from the perspective of 'The Universe Story' by Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry. Articles are available from Thomas Berry, as well as Nina Simmons, Dennis Rivers and Cindy Spring. This is a well-presented and comprehensive resource, offering both scholarly and personal responses to environmental concerns from a spiritual perspective.
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Emmanuel Lévinas page
http://polylogos.org/philosophers/levinas/levinas-e.html
This website is dedicated to Lithuanian-born Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Lévinas (1906-1995). Famous for the assertion that ethics should replace ontology as 'first philosophy,' Lévinas' works have been influential for a generation of French philosophers including Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Marion. This gateway to further Lévinas resources on the web has been compiled by a Japanese enthusiast, Gen Nakayama, and contains much useful information, including: a comprehensive bibliography of Lévinas' writings, a biography written by Levinas' step-son Georges Hansel, as well as links to sites grouped under such subject headings as: Judaism, Anti-Semitism, and Holocaust. Although not a comprehensive scholarly guide to online Lévinas resources, this site does contain some helpful introductory material not found elsewhere on the Internet.
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Emmanuel Levinas Web page
http://home.pacbell.net/atterton/levinas/
The Emmanuel Levinas Web Page provides an overview of the life and work of the Lithuanian-born philosopher and Talmudic commentator, who lived from 1906 to 1995. The site offers a list of Levinas's own works, plus an extensive and regularly updated bibliography of secondary literature. An announcements section provides details of relevant conferences and other events, and for those who would like to explore the subject further, there is a short list of links to resources elsewhere on the Web. The site is maintained by Peter Atterton of San Diego State University.
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Emory Center for Ethics
http://ethics.emory.edu/
This is the home page of the Center for Ethics at Emory University, USA. The center was established to promote research on ethics and to enhance the practical application of ethical thinking to a wide spectrum of life. This website informs visitors about the center's history and mission; the academic programmes they offer; the initiatives they are involved in; and news of upcoming events. It allows access to: a video recording of a discussion on the science of Mind Reading; a small number of articles; and links to relevant websites. A search engine is available. The center is directed by Dr Paul Root Wolpe.
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Essays in philosophy
http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~essays/
This ejournal (ISSN 1526-0569), published biannually, devotes each issue to a specific topic (recent topics include Business Ethics; The Philosophy of Language; and Civil Disobedience). Essays in Philosophy claims to follow 'no specific school of thought, mode of philosophizing, or style of writing', and although recent issues generally follow the Anglo-American tradition, there are essays in the Continental tradition covering such thinkers as Hegel, Husserl and Derrida. Published by the Philosophy Department of Humboldt State University, the journal announces topics for upcoming issues one year in advance. The site also contains a large number of book reviews.
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Ethical perspectives
http://www.kuleuven.be/ep/
This is the homepage of Ethical Perspectives (ISSN: 1783-1431), a journal which aims to encourage reflection and dialogue between fundamental and applied ethics. It is interdisciplinary in scope and is edited by Bart Pattyn of the European Centre for Ethics at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. This website contains the journal's submission guidelines. It allows free access to all materials published since the first volume was released in 1994 to 2006. These, which are made available in PDF, include articles like: 'The Diane Pretty case and the occasional impotence of justification in ethics'; 'What do we owe the world's poor? International justice in an era of globalisation'; 'Communitarianism and patriotism'; and 'Environmental optimism'. Searches can be conducted by year of publication, title or author. For volumes published from 2007 onwards, only the contents and abstracts can be viewed from here. The journal is published four times a year by Peeters Publishers. This website is maintained by the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.
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Ethics : an online textbook
http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/pecorip/SCCCWEB/ETEXTS/ETHICS/default.htm
This website provides access to the full contents of 'Ethics: An Online Textbook'. The work is prepared by Stephen O'Sullivan and Philip A. Pecorino of Suffolk County Community College, New York. The first thirteen chapters discuss what Ethics is about and introduce readers to the different theories underpinning this branch of Philosophy. These are presented under the following chapter headings: Moral Development, Mores and Law; Relativism; Ethical Theories; Teleological Theories: Egoism; Teleological Theories: Utilitarianism; Deontological Theories: Natural Law Theory; Kantian Theory: The Categorical Imperative; Rawls Theory: Justice as Fairness; Post Modernism: Pragmatism; Existentialism; Feminism; and Relativism Reconsidered. The last four chapters explore the application of ethical principles in the areas of Medicine and Health Care; Social Policy; Business; and Computers and Technology. All the chapters are divided further into several sections, and links are provided to a number of online resources when the various issues are explored. The work also contains discussion topics which could be used by teachers of Ethics.
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Ethics and malpractice
http://www.kspope.com/ethics/
Ethics and Malpractice is a Web page featuring a series of full text articles by licensed psychologist Ken Pope about ethical issues which may be faced by those engaged in providing psychotherapy and counselling. Topics covered include: ethical decision making; informed consent; ethics of practice; ethics of teaching; confidentiality and security of information; and legal issues. Users should note, however, that the site is written from an American perspective, and so reflects US legal and professional requirements. Also given are details of books written by Pope on related topics. The page is part of a larger site dealing with a wide range of issues of relevance to psychologists.
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ETHICS ETC
http://www.ethics-etc.com/
ETHICS ETC is an online discussion forum for those interested in contemporary philosophical issues in areas such as normative ethics; metaethics; moral epistemology; moral psychology, applied ethics; social and political philosophy; and law. It was founded in May 2007 by Dr Matthew Liao of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Oxford. This website, which is licensed under a Creative Commons Licence, allows access to all discussions posted on the forum since its inception. It also contains opinion polls; information about books recently published; and links to other philosophy blogs, the homepages of relevant journals and online philosophy resources. Articles can also be accessed from the hyperlinks provided to the homepages of contributors. A search engine is available.
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Ethics of ambiguity, The
http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/philosophy/existentialism/debeauvoir/ambig
French philosopher and feminist Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) wrote many influential works, including 'The Ethics of Ambiguity', which addresses issues of existence, freedom and morality. The full-text version of Bernard Frechtman's translation of this text (ISBN: 0-8065-0160-X) is here reprinted and available to download free of charge. The site's creator Bob Corbett states that the text will be available at this site while the book remains out of print. Corbett has divided the work into four parts, which are each available to download separately: Ambiguity and Freedom; Personal Freedom and Others; The Positive Aspect of Ambiguity; and the Conclusion.
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