In Favor of Stem Cell Research
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A 4 page paper arguing that embryonic stem cell research should be permitted on embryos created in fertility clinics not supported by federal funds. Though we should proceed cautiously and certainly not allow creation of embryos solely for research purposes, neither should we reject out of hand investigating the use of stem cells already available through fertility clinics for the treatment of disease that exists now. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSstemClYes.rtf

In The Name of Science - The Ethics of Biomedical Research
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A 6 page paper that explores the ethics of biomedical research, focusing on the key element of voluntary informed consent. Discussed are recent adverse events that have occurred in gene therapy research and the amendments and additions to federal regulations resulting from these events. Also included is a brief discussion of the history of the guidelines and regulations that safeguard human subject volunteers in medical and scientific research. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: LCBiomed.doc

Individual Ethics and Society
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A 4 page overview of how our personal ethics interlace all aspects of our lives. The author contends that these ethics are in most cases shaped by an extremely important facet of our culture, our religion. As a result not only are our personal lives shaped by the personal ethics imparted by our religion but so all diverse aspects of our lives such as our professional ethics. Bibliography lists sources.
Filename: PPethPer.rtfs

Information Ethics and the Computer Age
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A 12 page overview of the way the technological revolution has impacted our privacy in regard to digitized information. This paper touches on the privacy of personal information in the workplace and in the world in general, emphasizing the incredible complexity of information which exists. The contention is presented that, although laws exist to protect digitized information, those laws are inadequate. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: PPinfoEt.rtf

Information Privacy and Web Pages
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A 5 page overview of the problem of information privacy on the World Wide Web. This paper reviews the history and emphasizes that the protection of private information is as much a problem of ethics as it is of law. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PPprivaWebPage.rtf

Informed Partners in Therapeutic Relationship
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A 3 page research paper that discusses the parameters of achieving this goal within the context of the codes of conduct and ethical codes produced by professional associations, such as the APA. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khinfp.rtf

Integrating Flannery O'Connor's "Revelation" With The Theological Concept Of Grace
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5 pages in length. Grace, depending upon which faith one practices, is considered an inherent gift bestowed by Jesus upon man's mortality or an earned benefit that is only increased through receiving the Sacraments. While there is not single right or wrong definition, there are enough to warrant grace as being quite misunderstood. Of the myriad ways in which to describe grace, Foley (1977) notes that the most important understanding of grace is how it is 'in' people – an already-existing part of a person's character – rather than an entity one strives to acquire. In some cases, such as saying grace at mealtime to thank God for the bounty of food sitting upon one's plate, grace is an extension of tangible commodities that are inextricably interwoven into human existence. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TLCFlanneryG.rtf

Integrity
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A 3 page paper on integrity and its importance relating to military values. No sources cited.
Filename: RAingy.rtf

Integrity: A Key Quality in the U.S. Army
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A 7 page overview of the importance of integrity. Using the example of the Abu Grhaib Prison scandal, this paper emphasizes that a lack of integrity often meets with retribution while high integrity often reaps positive acknowledgement. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PParmyIntegrity.rtf

Integrity: What It Is, and Why It Must be Part of Our Lives
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This 3 page paper discusses the concept of personal integrity, what it is, and why it is important to incorporate it into our development, and use it in our professional lives. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: HVIntegr.rtf

Involuntary Euthanasia
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A 4 page paper which argues against involuntary euthanasia using the case of Terri Schiavo as the focus of the argument. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAschiav.rtf

Is Death an Evil?
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This 10 page paper considers the question of whether or not death is evil, and what the answers tell us about what characteristics a thing (organism) must have in order for its death to seem evil to it. We will also explore what these answers mean in terms of issues such as the right to life. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: HVDeath.rtf

Is Ethics in Business an Oxymoron?
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This 5 page paper considers the role of ethics and business. Looking to a diverse range of arguments, from philosophers such as Socrates and Aristotle to Kant, Mills and Rand as well as commentators in the role of business such as Friedman the paper discusses the way in which businesses may or may not be perceived as ethical and the role they should have in defining their own ethical behaviour. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEethics.wps

Is It Ethical For Drug Companies To Provide Freebies To Physicians Given The High Cost Of Drugs?
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5 pages in length. The high cost of drugs precludes many people from obtaining the medications they need in order to remain healthy. Examining the ethical nature of drug companies dispensing free samples to physicians by way of Immanual Kant's philosophy, one finds that mankind is under both moral and ethical obligations within the scope of existence. In his book entitled Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant (1948) is instrumental in stating that universal law of good can only exist if what is right for one person is also extended to the next. If a certain action is viewed as being right for one individual then it must be right for all others to do the same, as well. In effect, breaking one's moral commitment is to abandon one's sense of ethical relativism, a concept that examines the wide and varying societal rules binding one to one's cultural existence. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCDrugF.rtf

Is Moral Virtue Taught, Acquired By Practice Or Innate?
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6 pages in length. The writer argues that moral virtue is acquired by practice and based upon the dictates of various cultural societies. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TLCMrlVr.rtf

Issues relating to patient consent
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A paper which considers the ethical and legal issues surrounding patient consent, with relation to proxy consent, incapacity, and the concept of the "reasonable patient". Bibliography lists 5 sources
Filename: JLconsen.rtf

Jonas, Senge and Carstedt on Technological Change
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This 4 page paper provides an overview of the views of Hans Jonas, Peter Senge and Goran Carstedt regarding technological change and ethics. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHJonas.rtf