RELIGIOUS ETHICS FOR AS LEVEL

Students at Hethersett

BBC The current page of ethical issues with the BBC

Guardian Archive

Daily Telegraph

Times

GLOSSARY OF ETHICAL TERMS

Glossary An alphabetic glossary of Ethical Theory.

Religious Tolerance An agency promoting religious tolerance as a human right. See "Links to major sections"

Harry J Gensler This takes you to the Homepage of Harry J Gensler who teaches in the Philosophy Department of the University of Cleveland. Good definitions, a selection of his writings and fascination web exercises using philosophy.

TOPICAL ISSUES

Guardian Unlimited Ethical issues in the news today.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Human Genome Project information

CNN News CNN Bioethics News Reports. A site with good archive material.

BMA British Medical Association - online site.

Euthanasia Information for research on Euthanasia. Medical, legal, religious articles. A useful source for case histories.

Euthanasia Euthanasia and end of life decisions. Part of Lawrence M Hinman's vast site "Ethics Updates"

Right to Life Anti abortion, euthanasia, foetal experimentation.

Euthanasia The Voluntary Euthanasia Society of Holland. The Dutch have legalised voluntary euthanasia.

ITF International Task Force on Euthanasia. The state of the issue world-wide. Good links to recent articles.

ERGO World Directory for Euthanasia from the Euthanasia Guidance Research Organization.

Genetics and Ethics Use specific topics and genetics literature. Excellent articles on cloning , stemcells, genetic testing etc.

MEDICAL ETHICS

Church of England This link now takes you to the CofE main page. This organisation is for ever tinkering with its links. They do have views on medical and social issues, but you have to search for them! There were good articles on Abortion and Euthanasia, but the Abortion one has disappeared.

Pro-Life USA This site claims to be the most comprehensive listing of the right to life resources on the Internet. Good for issues on abortion!

Life The British organisation "Life" This site specifically caters for those studying GCSE,AS and A2.

Ethics Updates in ethics, produced by Lawrence M Hinman. This is a very wide ranging site with lots of relevant material.

Bioethics Monash University Centre for human bioethics. Very useful as a resources page.

Centre for Bioethics This site includes information on xenotransplantation, stem cell research, reproductive technology and genetics.

Reproductive Tehnology Details on reproductive technology, including a quiz.

Human Cloning Foundation An American site. A pro site. Use "Help for Students" at the top of the page.

Tsukuba Ethics Institute of the University of Tsukuba in Japan. Good for those able to read Japanese. For the rest, look hard and you will see the button for an English translation.

ETHICAL THEORIES

Philosophers Garth Kemerling's "Philosophy Pages" Good articles on Plato, Aristotle etc.

BLTC Utilitarian resources. Many useful articles here on utilitarianism.

FAQ Utilitarianism 13 frequently asked questions, with answers on Utilitarianism.

Utilitarianism Criticisms Some common criticisms of Utilitarianism.

Situation Ethics A very useful one page article on this ethical theory, clearly aimed at A'level.

Utilitarianism Essay An essay by Gareth McCaughan on Uitilitarianism.

Various Ethical Theories AS - Excellent site containing Power Point presentations on Ethical Relativism, Virtue Ethics, Kant, Utilitarianism and Divine Command Theory (among other). GOOD FOR REVISION. Hint: right click on mouse, highlight 'Save Target As..' and save to disk (otherwise tends to be lost in the Temp Files!)

Virtue Ethics An article by Philip Cafaro on Virtue Ethics. Thorough, but not too complicated.

Meta Ethics Notes on W. D. Ross' Ethical Theories.

The Philosophers' Magazine This is "The Philosophers' Magazine on the internet". Choose carefully from the current articles and enjoy the games!

Worldwide Philosophy Resources A wide range of material covering both ethical theories and applied ethics. Use search facilities.

Plato The Stanford Encyclopedia of the Internet - still under construction - many excellent entries. Table of contents.

Issues in Christian Ethics An Australian Catholic site with relevant articles on Ethical issues.

APPLIED ETHICS

Environmental Ethics. This site belongs to the Center for Environmental Philosophy. Good articles on Environmental Ethics.

CHRISTIAN ETHICS

Christian Culture of Life The Culture of Life Foundation is based in Washington D.C. A relevant site for AS, A2 and Medical students.

British Humanist Association Apologies to the BHA for listing them under Christian Ethics, but their site contributes much to the religious debate.

Catholic Ethics A theological library of 118 pages with over 5100 links in the spirit of the Second Vatican council. It's a large site, navigate carefully... the answer will be there somewhere!