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Medical ethics : an online textbook
http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/pecorip/SCCCWEB/ETEXTS/MEDICAL_ETHICS_TEXT/default.h
'Medical Ethics: An Online Textbook' is a resource prepared by Dr Philip A. Pecorino, a professor of Philosophy at Queensborough Community College, New York. The work, which is intended for the use of those teaching and studying the ethics of science and medicine, comprises seventeen chapters. The first six chapters discuss general issues like ethical traditions; the moral climate of health care; professionalism, elitism and health care; ethics and nursing; and rights, trust and consent. The subsequent chapters focus on specific topics central to Medical Ethics like human experimentation; abortion; care of the dying; euthanasia; infanticide; genetics; reproduction; the allocation of scarce resources; and a claim of a right to health care. Each chapter is divided into several sections and references are made, where appropriate, to other online resources. The site also makes available discussion topics for classroom use; access to electronic reference resources and other relevant websites; and a search engine.
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Perspectives on death and dying : an online textbook
http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/pecorip/SCCCWEB/ETEXTS/DeathandDying_TEXT/default.ht
This website provides access to the fifth edition of 'Perspectives on Death and Dying: An Online Textbook'. The work was edited by Dr Philip A. Pecorino, a professor of Philosophy at Queensborough Community College, New York. This edition is available only as an electronic text but all documents are also provided in PDF for those wishing to print them. Adobe Acrobat Reader can be downloaded from the site. This online textbook is primarily intended for teaching purposes, but it would also benefit anyone with an interest in end of life issues. The work contains twelve chapters in all: Introduction; Literature and Death: A Case Study; Learning from the Dying; Caring for the Dying; Anticipatory Grief and the Family; Grief; Anthropology and Death: Different Cultures; The Definition of Death; Transplantation and Other Uses for Dead Bodies; End of Life Decisions; Infanticide; and Deciding Who Lives and Who Dies.
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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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Introduction to philosophy : an online textbook
http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/pecorip/scccweb/INTRO_TEXT/default.htm
'Introduction to Philosophy: An Online Textbook' is an electronic text written by Dr Philip A. Pecorino, professor of Philosophy at Queensborough Community College. As the following chapter headings show, the work covers a wide range of topics within Philosophy: The Greeks: The Origins of Philosophy in the West; Philosophy of Religion and the Problem of God; Metaphysics; Epistemology; The Mind-Body Problem; Freedom and Determination; Ethics; Social Philosophy; Political Philosophy; and Philosophy of Arts and Aesthetics. Each chapter contains several sections which discuss the topic at hand and provides hyperlinks to other online materials. There are also: guidelines on how to write Philosophy papers; suggestions of discussion topics; a bibliography of relevant print-based works; and links to relevant websites (although several links were not working at the time of writing).
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Philosophy of religion : online textbook
http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/pecorip/SCCCWEB/ETEXTS/PHIL_of_RELIGION_TEXT/
This website provides the text of an online Philosophy of Religion textbook written by Dr Philip A. Pecorino, a professor of philosophy at Queensborough Community College, New York. Religions which received coverage in the text include: Buddhism; Christianity; Confucianism; Hinduism; Islam; Jainism; Judaism; Shintoism; Sikhism; Taoism; and Zoroastrianism. The work is divided into ten chapters: Overview; Religions of the World; Science and Religion; Arguments for the Existence of God: Reason; Arguments for the Existence of God: Experience; The Problem of Evil; The Existence of Souls and the Resurrection; Religious Language and Worldviews; Religion, Morality and Ethics; and The Essence of Religion: A Definition of Religion. Each chapter is divided further into a number of sections and references are occasionally provided to relevant online resources including podcasts. The site also contains discussion topics which would be useful for those teaching the course, as well as a bibliography and access to internet reference works and other websites.
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Computers, information technology, the internet, ethics, society and human values
http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/SocialSciences/ppecorino/CISESHV_TEXT/default.html
This website allows access to the full contents of 'Computers, Information Technology, The Internet, Ethics, Society and Human Values', an electronic book prepared by Dr Philip Pecorino of the Queensborough Community College in New York. It explores the changes which computers and the internet have made to our daily lives, and how these have challenged and impacted on human values and issues like privacy and freedom of speech. The work is organised into 13 chapters: Introduction; Computers and Ethics; Ethics; Law: Free Speech and Censorship; Intellectual Property; Privacy; Secrecy and Security; Crime and Misbehavior; Information Technology and Accountability; Computing and Information Technology as Professions and Professional Codes; Social Change; Political Change; Artificial Intelligence: Computers and Being Human. The chapters contain discussion questions and case studies which could be used to facilitate class discussion. Hyperlinks are also provided to take readers to relevant online resources.
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