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Other Resources - Philosophy in the News
Here is where you will find news abstracts covering current events
with philosophical, ethical or related topics. The news on this
site is updated monthly. So scroll on down the page and see what's
in the news!
Gene Therapy: Hype or Hope?
Government
to Researchers: Follow the Rules -- or Else
Cat
Burglars Beware (DNA)
Gene
research yields drug that helps heal chronic ulcers, company announces
Quick
breakthroughs from human genome project
Human Cloning and the Abuse of Power
Human Cloning - A battle worth fighting?
Cloning discovery may kill ethical objection
Pope
Offers Moral Medical Guides
Horse
Rules
Medical:
Patient Rights, Nurse Wrongs
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Boy
Scout debate draws hundreds
Medicare/Dramatic
Reaction
Poll: Bob Knight's top 10 controversial moments
http://espn.go.com/ncb/news/2000/0908/729705.html
http://espn.go.com/ncb/000910knightlist.html
Most Federal Sites
Fail Privacy Tests
FTC
Releases Report on the Marketing of Violent Entertainment to Children
Universities
asked to restrict access to Napster
Vermont
sees election backlash over gay 'civil unions'
Feds:
Violent entertainment intentionally aimed at young
Subliminal
Message in GOP Ad?
Technical
Foul (MP3's)
His
So-Called Rights
Gold
Medals, Iron Fist
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Shhh!
The thinkers are sleeping
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Congress
Puts Heat on Ford
Bridgestone/Firestone
Gets Fire and Brimstone
The
rise of the corporate apology
TV's
Political Profits
Merrill
Lynch releases $35 million to court in Marcos case
Punjabi
Farmers Killing Selves
America
as top economy: a fortuitous ride
World
War Free
Good
Bill? Or Bill of Goods?
Arms Around
The World
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Lawmakers
Criticize USDA Efforts in Resolving Racism
Teen
Risk-Taking Declines in 1990s, Except for Hispanic Students
Race
and the Death Penalty
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Violence
Against Women
Judge
Locks Up Pregnant Mother to Protect Child
Male
contraceptive pill on the horizon?
Abortion
Web site appeal to test First Amendment
Riding
Gloria
How
Venus Got Her Groove Back
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Plato,
Aristotle, Bush, Gore and the FTC
Bad
Counsel on Debates/Debate on Good Council
The
Great Debate Debate
Family
values on both agendas as Bush, Gore push for moral high ground
(Third article down)
Truman
show on campaign trail
Choosing
A President: Drug plans: a study in contrasts
Bleak
future for political third parties
Looking
For Lefty
Mondo
Washington
College
students are politically active - but don't vote
Real
Reformers, Real Results (top 10 campuses)
Rwanda
Offers New Withdrawl Proposal
"No
Indication of Return to Violence"
Clinton-Castro
Handshake 'Delightful' - U.N. Chief
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APA
http://www.apa.udel.edu/apa/governance/committees/teaching/orc/index.html
http://www.liv.ac.uk/Philosophy/philos.html
http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/philinks.htm
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/
http://www.philosophers.co.uk/
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Professor
Cyborg.
Robots are now able to train other robots once they have 'learned'
how to do something. The reality of The Matrix is not as
far off as you might think.
The
Digital Philosopher:
Can robotics shed light on the human mind? Atlantic Monthly.
DolphinSearch's KnowledgeBox Trawls Networks
85 years of research are finally paying off in a computer that can
read, and comprehend, Time Magazine. And help you find things
on-line.
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Can
humanities Classes Transform?
Seattle Times. Story on the effects of the 'Clemente Course' and
in changing society.
Ethical
Hunting: Is there such a thing?
Has the phrase ethical hunter turned into the same wretched
gobbledygook that paradigm shift has become?
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Workplace
Ethics
Inc. Online. Are 'ethics officers' really necessary?
True
Lies
Is it OK to lie to help your business grow?
Would
You Lie to Save Your Company?
Is it OK to lie to keep your business from collapsing?
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Learning
Ethics From the Nazis
Is it fair to include Concentration Camp experiments as medical
research? Is it fair to those who died as a result of that 'research'
if we don't include it?
Singer's
Hiring Inspires Fierce Bioethics Debate
The Daily Princetonian. Singer's views on the value of human life
stir debate in academic and political circles.
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Convicted
of Murder
Detroit Free Press. Kevorkian could spend the rest of his life in
prison. He's out on bond with a promise to not aid in a death.
Full
Coverage: Assisted Suicide Debate
Regularly updated news stories through Yahoo! on all facets of euthanasia
in the news. Includes related links to different organizations such
as the Euthanasia
Research and Guidance Organization and the International
Anti-Euthanasia Task Force.
Physician
Assisted Suicide:
Dozens of updated opinions, articles, discussions and links.
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Clone
Your Own Transplant
Wired News. Researchers envision the day when every newborn will
be issued a genetic patch kit for use in repairing worn or broken
body parts.
Cloning
- The New Way
BBC Online. Scientists using techniques similar to those that produced
Dolly, the first clone of an adult mammal, say they have made a
breakthrough that they say could wipe out BSE or mad cow disease.
Give
the Dog A Clone
BBC Online. A Texas billionaire paid $5 million to clone his pet
dog. This is now considered a growth industry.
Chicago
physicist says he'll clone himself with wife's help.
A Chicago physicist who provoked controversy earlier this year by
announcing plans to clone humans says the first person he will try
to copy is himself. Fox News.
Cloning:
Includes state, federal and international law, media coverage, upcoming
events, and further links.
The
Race to Clone the First Human:
Is science that far away from a human clone? See also:Human
Cloning, the How-To Page.
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Pig
Organ Transplants "Could Be Deadly":
Researchers have found that some diseases in pigs can be transmitted
to humans who receive pig organs in transplants. BBC Online.
The
Risks of Animal to Human Transplants:
Further reporting on the viral risks of Xenotransplantation. BBC
Online.
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The
Ethics of Baby-Making
Intellectual Capital. A new look at the commonality of In-Vitro
Fertilization and other pregnancy-inducing techniques as we near
the 21st birthday of Louise
Brown.
Pro
and Con: Bring on the Baby Police
Intellectual Capital. Arthur Caplan and Glenn McGee debate the ethics
of government controls on the number of births allowed to parents.
Eight
Births, but at what cost?
MSNBC. While it is an incredible miracle that a couple who had been
trying without any success to have a child now has an instant family,
we must not forget that the goal of reproductive technology should
never be the creation of eight lives all at once.
Human
cell, cow egg fused
MSNBC. Scientists say they have successfully fused human cells with
a cow egg, coaxing the human cell back into the embryonic state
from which all other cells grow.
Could
the embryo be a new species?
MSNBC. Would the embryo created by fusing cow and human cells be
human, potentially human or something entirely new?
Ethics
and Genetics:
Eight recent articles with commentary.
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Positive
Chain Reaction
Wired News. After being sent chain email after chain email, there
is one piece of 'spam' that is actually helping to save lives.
Plan
to Fight Child Porn Criticised
BBC Online. British police are considering taking the unprecedented
step of posting hundreds of images of abused children on the Net
and in other media in an attempt to identify them and prevent further
abuse.
Encryption
Proposals Revealed:
Report from BBC Online on the British Government's proposals concerning
on-line privacy.
Philosophy
News Service
Updated Daily.
The American Philosophical Association
(News from the National Office)
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