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Ethics is the study of what's right and wrong (the word "morality" has a very similar, if not identical meaning) - as in "Stealing is wrong", not as in "2+2=3 is wrong". As with other branches of philosophy, there is virtually nothing in ethics on which everyone agrees, not even the foundations.

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Institute for Global Ethics A non-sectarian, non-partisan organization dedicated to elevating public awareness and discourse on ethics in a global context. Site includes pages on education, public policy, corporations, and foundation ethics and training. www.globalethics.org

Brown University - Electronic Article Review Service (BEARS) Online forums on ethical, moral, and political philosophy. Book reviews, too. www.brown.edu/Departments/Philosophy/bears/homepage.html

Essays on Theology and Ethics Issues in Christian ethics, written from a liberal theological perspective. Comments welcomed. www.frontiernet.com/~kenc/index.shtml

Boston University - Theoretical Ethics Papers given at the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, in Boston, Massachusetts August 10-15, 1998. www.bu.edu/wcp/MainTEth.htm

'Book of metaethics' "Metaphysical study of virtue ethics and consulting for businesses and individuals." www.metaethics.org/bom

The Center for Life Principles A pro-life philosophy aimed at helping our culture overcome the destructive reality of abortion, euthanasia, and infanticide. www.lifeprinciples.net

Ethics: Honesty and Fairness, An Apple-Pie Primer of Ethics An informal, conversational piece about the basics of everyday ethics: argues that dishonesty punishes everyone in a society. www.usethics.net

Why Study Morals and Ethics? Critique of "postmodern ethics" from a conservative Christian perspective. www.flash.net/~bob001/WhyEthics.htm

The Role Of Morality Emphasis is on the necessity of authority and traditional morality, the role of the community and the father in instilling values and the consequences of immorality and selfishness. www.ourcivilisation.com/moral/index.htm

University of Oxford - Information Ethics: On the Philosophical Foundation of Computer Ethics Paper by Luciano Floridi arguing that Information Ethics is not merely a subfield of applied ethics which applies existing ethical theories, but rather that it raises questions which fundamentally challenge existing theories. www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/~floridi/ie.htm

United People A call to people of good will everywhere to agree on a universal basis for moral conduct. www.ethics1.org/united.html

Peter Singer Links Categorized list of links related to Australian philosopher Peter Singer, in six languages: letters, articles by him and about him, book reviews, and interviews. www.petersingerlinks.com

Mississippi State University - The Tavani Bibliography of Computing, Ethics, and Social Responsibility Covers professional issues in computing. It was originally used in a computer ethics course and then was broadened in topic. cyberethics.cbi.msstate.edu/biblio

Why Should America Care? Paper by Larry Temkin arguing that it is wrong to ignore the poor and needy under all major views of ethics - consequentialist, deontological, and virtue ethics. www.biotech.iastate.edu/Bioethics/forum/june_99_temkin.htm

DePaul University - Institute for Business and Professional Ethics Includes information on the University program in ethics, online copies of their Ethics journal, and other resources in ethics. commerce.depaul.edu/ethics

Ethics and Emotions Links to articles and bibliographies, most scholarly. www.philosophyofmind.net

Sandiego.edu - Ethics Updates Designed primarily to be used by ethics instructors and their students to provide updates on current literature, both popular and professional. Includes moral theory and applied ethics: ethical relativism, bioethics, euthanasia, religion, gender and racia ethics.sandiego.edu

The Conquest of the Future: Science, Technology, and Philosophy Essays relating an individual's view on ethical and philosophical arguments, by João Pedro de Magalhães. Includes articles on human nature, transhumanism, individualism, utilitarianism, and egoism. author.senescence.info/thoughts/index.html

University of San Diego - Classic Texts in Ethics Links to online resources. ethics.sandiego.edu/books.html

University of Tennessee - Definition of Ethics (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Covers metaethics, normative ethics and applied ethics in depth. www.iep.utm.edu/e/ethics.htm

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