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Hedonistic Imperative - Outlines how genetic engineering and nanotechnology will abolish suffering in all sentient life.
The Online Ethics Center for Engineering & Science - Provides engineers, scientists, and science and engineering students with resources for understanding and addressing ethical problems.
Social Aspects of Science and Technology - A research project at the Meaning and Computation Lab, University of California, San Diego. Explores the hypothesis that information artifacts embody definite but implicit value systems.
UNESCO: Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology. - UNESCO: Division of Human Sciences, Philosophy and Ethics of Science and Technology.
Science and Institutions - Personal web pages of Luis Gonzalez-Mestres, including topics of science ethics and other social aspects of science.
Visions of Perfection - Explores various ways that the human race has attempted to achieve perfection through philosophies and technologies of the past century.
Science, Technology and Society - Starting points for students and teachers. Includes discussion topics and other curriculum links.
World Conference on Science - Final reports from the international conference, addressing many aspects of the place of science in society, including ethics, science and technology in economic development, and environmental and economic issues.
Science, Technology and Society Links - Links to STS-related information sources from North Carolina State University.
American Chemical Society - Chemist's Code of Ethics - Guidance of society members in various professional dealings, especially those involving conflicts of interest.
PBS - Bloodlines: Technology Hits Home - Discusses new technologies that are raising ethical, legal and social dilemmas as cutting-edge science intersects with the law.
Ethics in Science - An essay on the scientific method (or lack thereof) and the consequences of misconduct in science by Henry Bauer.
Ethics in Science - Contains links to on-line resources, a bibliography, and several original essays on ethics and misconduct in science.
Being Human: Science, Ethics and Our Rights - Discussions on what being human is in our world of scientific and technological advancement.
Science, Ethics and Moral Status - Examining the notion of moral status in general and in particular the moral status of nonhuman animals.
The Abolitionist Society - Advocating the use of biotechnology to abolish suffering.
International Review of Information Ethics - The Journal of the International Center of Informations Ethics is published twice a year with the focus on intercultural information ethics.
Humanoid Robotics - Portal that highlights top humanoid robotics projects around the world. It discusses ethical considerations regarding the use and proliferation of intelligent robots.
EPSON Foundation - Institute of Technoethics - It pursues two basic aims: On the one hand, the promotion of development and technological innovation, and, on the other, an ethical and social reflection upon the implications of such development.
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