Brigidine College Library

Pathfinder

 

 

Year 11 Religion and Ethics

 

Ethics & Morality

 

Search Terms:

Search under these specific headings which relate to ethics and morality
 in the library’s Internet Inquiry catalogue.
It contains an excellent choice of books and websites available on this topic.

 

 

Ethics (a great place to start)

Christian ethics

Ethical issues

Medical ethics

Morality (Alice prefers the term ‘Ethics’)

Medical ethics – Religious aspects

Media ethics

Technology – Social aspects

Bioethics

 

Social ethics

 

Bioethics - Australia

Names of specific issues

Bioethics – Religious aspects – Catholic Church

 

 

eg Genetic engineering, Drugs in sport, Abortion, Euthanasia, Stem cell research, Contraception

Medical technology

Scientific ethics

Biotechnology

Transplantation of organs, etc.

 

Shelf Locations:

When you look up the above terms in the computer catalogue, you will be given
shelf locations of material such as these:

 

170’s       General ethics of specific subjects and disciplines.

241                   Christian moral theology (includes conscience, divine law,
sins, vices eg specific moral issues eg birth control, sexual ethics).

261                   Social theology (attitude of Christianity and

Christian church towards secular matters).

291.5             General religious ethics (includes conscience, sins,
vices, virtues, and specific moral issues eg abortion,
sexual ethics, morality of war).

      340’s      Law

363.4             Controversies relating to public morals and customs

eg gambling, prostitution, pornography etc.

 

Note: Specific issues may also have specific numbers eg.

309.22         Cloning

363.46         Abortion

573.2      Biotechnology (also 574.32; 575.1)

 

The series Issues in Society is an excellent resource for this subject. Some excellent titles include The Abortion Issue, Capital Punishment, IVF and Surrogacy, Genetic Modification and The Cloning Debate.

http://www.spinneypress.com.au/further_links.html

Encyclopedias – Online:

Encyclopedia Britannica can only be accessed through the College’s network.
http://www.school.eb.com

 

Encyclopedias:

Catholic Encyclopedias are a useful source of the Church’s stance on moral and ethical issues.
 Search the index using your topic eg Abortion etc.

 

-    New Catholic Encyclopedia (R282.03 NEW)

-    Encyclopedia Dictionary of Religion (R203 ENC)

 

The Catholic Encyclopedia
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/

 

Magazines:

Some good periodical titles include:  Current Social Issues,
Time and Bulletin in the Magazine Section of the Library.
To find articles on your topics from these magazines use the
Library catalogue and double click on the icon on the right hand side
of the Alice screen. Look for articles from the Bulletin and Time.

 

Online Databases:

Use the school’s subscription to Electric Library at Electric Library.
The database provides full-text access to international and
Australian newspapers, newswires, and magazine titles. 
Ask the Library staff if you do not know the password.

 

 

Internet Sites:

 

 

   
                     Catholic Teaching

Catholic Theology Library

Scroll down the page to the "Morality" section to access the "Abortion" link.
There also of relevance is the "Birth/Death Issues" link which provides
 an further list of interesting web sites related to abortion and the Catholic Church.
http://www.shc.edu/theolibrary/

 

An Introduction to Contemporary Christian Ethics

http://www.mcauley.acu.edu.au/~yuri/ethics/ethics.html

 

Further readings in Ethics – some controversial issues
http://www.mcauley.acu.edu.au/~yuri/ethics/Various_issues.htm

Catholic Issues and Facts

http://www.catholic.net/rcc/Periodicals/Issues/Welcome.html


Catholic Pages Directory : Morality

http://www.socialjustice.catholic.org.au/index.shtml

RESource - Ethics  and Religion
http://resource.melb.catholic.edu.au/about/index.html

Office for Social Justice
Look for Issues
http://www.osjspm.org/

Human Dignity.Catholic Social Teaching
http://www.osjspm.org/cst/q_dignity.htm

Catholic Theology Library - Human Rights
http://www.shc.edu/theolibrary/rights.htm

BASIC DOCUMENTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS - United Nations
http://www.wave-network.org/articles/38.htm

Christian Theology and Morality
http://www.innerexplorations.com/chtheomortext/ct1.htm

Professor Incandela's "Catholic Social Thought" Online Resources
 - Catholic Christian Ethics
http://www.saintmarys.edu/~incandel/cst.html#NATURE


General Ethics Sites:

Debatabase : the online debate topic database
http://www.debatabase.org/theme_topics.asp
Choose the ‘Moral and Religious’ theme in the drop-down menu .

 

Virtual Religion Index: Ethics and Moral Values

http://virtualreligion.net/vri/ethics.html

Ethics Update

http://ethics.acusd.edu/

Contains excellent coverage of a wide variety of issues.

 

Religious Education Exchange Service
Ehtical and moral issues
http://re-xs.ucsm.ac.uk

Social Issues - Immanuel College SA (J. Van Wageningen & D. Fopp)

http://www.schools.ash.org.au/immanuel/htm/social.htm
includes topics such as “surrogacy”

 

EthicsWEb.ca.
is a collection of ethics-related websites run by philosopher-ethicist Chris MacDonald
including Business ethics
http://www.ethicsweb.ca/resources


Abortion

Catholic Theology Library
Scroll down the page to the "Morality" section to access the "Abortion" link.
also look for  "Birth/Death Issues" link
http://www.shc.edu/theolibrary/

Professor Incandela's "Catholic Social Thought" Online Resources - Abortion
http://www.saintmarys.edu/~incandel/cst.html#ABORTION


Ethical Questions Relating to Sexual Morality and the Catholic Tradition
Scroll down to the section "Some Issues in Sexual Ethics". From there scroll further down the page to find the title "Abortion". http://www.mcauley.acu.edu.au/~yuri/ethics/sex.html

Letter of Pope John Paul II To All the World's Bishops ON COMBATING ABORTION AND EUTHANASIA May 19, 1991
http://www.rc.net/rcchurch/popes/johnpaul/jp2abort.txt

DECLARATION ON PROCURED ABORTION
http://www.rc.net/rcchurch/vatstmts/cdfabort.txt
 
Children by Choice Association Inc.
Once you have entered the site, you can access information about abortion as well as information about Australian and Queensland abortion laws from the links located at the top of the page.
http://www.childrenbychoice.org.au/

Ethics Updates: Abortion Home Page
http://ethics.sandiego.edu/Applied/Abortion/

Queensland Right To Life - Abortion Index
http://www.qrtl.org.au/abort/index.htm

The Planned Parenthood of Australia Group - Abortion Clinics OnLine
Facts you should know about abortion.
http://gynpages.com/ppaustralia/facts.html

Public Health Association of Australia - The Regulation of Abortion in Australia:
 Public Health Perspectives
http://www.phaa.net.au/abkit/abkit.htm

Health Care Information Resources -- Abortion Links
http://www-hsl.mcmaster.ca/tomflem/abort.html

Sexual Morality/Contraception

Ethical Questions Relating to Sexual Morality and the Catholic Tradition
Scroll down to the section "Some Issues in Sexual Ethics - (ii) Birth Control - Contraception:" http://www.mcauley.acu.edu.au/~yuri/ethics/sex.html

Catholic Theology Library 
Scroll down the page to the "Morality" section to access the "Sexuality Morality" link.
Look also for  "Birth/Death Issues" link.
http://www.shc.edu/theolibrary/

Professor Incandela's "Catholic Social Thought" Online Resources - Birth Control
http://www.saintmarys.edu/~incandel/cst.html#BIRTH

Wellness Health Care Information Resources -- Contraception Links
http://www-hsl.mcmaster.ca/tomflem/contracep.html

Public Health Association of Australia - Family Planning and Fertility Control
http://www.phaa.net.au/abkit/fact2.htm

An Open Debate on Contraception
http://www.innerexplorations.com/chtheomortext/op.htm

FPA (Family Planning of Australia) : Health
Search for contraception or family planning
http://www.fpahealth.org.au/index.html

Planned Parenthood Federation of America
www.plannedparenthood.org


Homosexuality

Catholic Leader : Diversity and the effect on unity
http://www.catholicleader.com.au/prinfriendly.php?num=1958

Scroll down to Sexual Ethics and Reproductive Technologies
http://moreeonline.net.au/~catholic

New Vatican Document on Homosexuality
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2004/dec/04121307.html

The Vatican Sexuality and Homesexuality
http://www.usask.ca/education/people/cochraned/the_vatican.pdf

Vatican Draft Directives against admitting Gays as Priests
http://www.catholicherald.com/cns/draft-gays.htm

Vatican on same-sex marriages
http://www.daily-meditations.org/Same.Sex.html

Questions Bishops are asked. Homosexual marriages.
http://www.parra.catholic.org.au/Bishop/Q+A-Arch/03Sept-questions.htm

Bishop Thomas Daily - Pastoral Letter on Homosexuality - Global Catholic Network
http://www.ewtn.com/library/BISHOPS/DAILY.HTM

Vatican Drive to curb Gay marriages
the Church brands homosexual unions as immoral, unnatural and harmful.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3108349.stm

Good v homosexuality ... last stand of the Bible quoters - www.smh.com.au
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/14/1065917413590.html

The Uniting Church in Australia and Homosexuality
http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_uoz.htm

Ethical Questions Relating to Sexual Morality and the Catholic Tradition
Scroll down to the section "Some Issues in Sexual Ethics". From there scroll further down the page to find the title "(iii) Homosexuality"
http://www.mcauley.acu.edu.au/~yuri/ethics/sex.html

American Psychological Association
Answers to your questions about sexual orientation and homosexuality
http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/answers.html

Euthanasia

Catholic Theology Library
Scroll down the page to the "Morality" section to access the "Euthanasia" link.
http://www.shc.edu/theolibrary/

ABC - Religion & Ethics - Library - Ethics - Euthanasia - WWW Links
http://www.abc.net.au/religion/stories/s933392.htm

ABC - Religion & Ethics - The Good Death - November 2003
http://www.abc.net.au/religion/stories/s995856.htm

RESource :: Ethics :: Medicine :: Euthanasia
http://resourcemelbcatholiceduau.ozstaging.com/object/issue.asp?id=24&content=29

Letter of Pope John Paul II To All the World's Bishops ON COMBATING ABORTION AND EUTHANASIA May 19, 1991
http://www.rc.net/rcchurch/popes/johnpaul/jp2abort.txt

The Ethics Site. Abortion, Euthanasia, Death Penalty, Bioethics,
A very good site with a list of links on euthanasia and the ethics associated with it.
http://ethics.sandiego.edu/Applied/Euthanasia/

International Task Force on Euthanasia And Assisted Suicide - Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide in Australia
http://www.internationaltaskforce.org/austr.htm

Queensland Right To Life - Euthanasia Index
http://www.qrtl.org.au/euth/index.htm

Queensland Right To Life - Euthanasia - Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.qrtl.org.au/euth/faq.htm
 
Voluntary Euthanasia: A Report from Australia
Discusses why religious belief is not a proper basis for the framing of public policy  against euthanasia in pluralist and secular societies, such as Australia.
http://www.csu.edu.au/learning/eubios/EJ53J.html

Christian Medical & Dental Fellowship of Australia (CMDFA) - Euthanasia Paper
Includes "Comments on the Northern Territory Legislation".
http://www.cmdfa.org.au/ethics/euthanasia.html

Euthanasia and the duty of care: Doctors Reform Society of Australia (DRS) article
http://www.drs.org.au/articles/2001/010511chaney.html

Understanding the terms of the euthanasia debate
"Peter Coghlan, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the Australian Catholic University (Christ Campus), examines the terms of the debate which tend to be overlooked by proponents of euthanasia."
http://www.ad2000.com.au/articles/1995/jul1995p10_860.html

The Euthanasia Debate
http://www.spinneypress.com.au/173_book_desc.html

Law Spot - Euthanasia debate heats up
Case against and the case for
http://www.lawforyou.com.au/lil/ls_euthanasia.html

Opinion - Euthanasia and the Northern Territory Initiative
http://www.bio-ethics.com/op_euthnt.htm

eMJA - The Medical Journal of Australia: "Death talk": debating euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Australia
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/178_04_170203/som10499_fm.html

Queensland Right To Life - Euthanasia - Legal Issues
Overview of law in Australian states and territories concerning euthanasia.
http://www.qrtl.org.au/euthanasia/legal.htm

Queensland Right To Life - Euthanasia - Northern Territory Legal Issues
http://www.qrtl.org.au/euthanasia/nt.htm

Capital Punishment

Catholic Theology Library - Death Penalty
http://www.shc.edu/theolibrary/death.htm

Catholic Social Teaching -- capital punishment
Statement on capital punishment from the U.S. Bishops, November 1980.
http://www.osjspm.org/cst/cappun.htm

Religion and the Death Penalty
Check out the interesting links under the heading "Catholics and the Death Penalty".
http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~critcrim/dp/reldir/reldir.html

Death Penalty Religious: A Witness to Life: the Catholic Church and the Death Penalty, June 5, 2000
http://www.deathpenaltyreligious.org/education/perspectives/mahoney.html

Catholics Against Capital Punishment - Home page
http://www.cacp.org/pages/585134/index.htm

American Civil Liberties Union - Death Penalty
http://www.aclu.org/DeathPenalty/DeathPenaltyMain.cfm

The Other Side – Dismantling the death penalty
http://www.theotherside.org/resources/dp/index.html

Amnesty International - Campaigns - The Death Penalty
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/deathpenalty_index_eng

The Death Penalty: A View of Opposition
http://www.spiritlink.com/deathpen.html

The Ethics Site. Abortion, Euthanasia, Death Penalty, Bioethics,
A very good site with a list of links on capital punishment and the ethics associated with it.
http://ethics.sandiego.edu/Applied/DeathPenalty/

ABC - Religion & Ethics - Capital Punishment: A Brief History - November 2003
http://www.abc.net.au/religion/stories/s980872.htm

The Death Penalty Debate - Bob Enyart Live Web site
This web site provides information on the debate about capital punishment in relation to the Bible and Christian beliefs.
http://www.enyart.com/features/writings/death.shtml

Death Penalty Information Center
This Center, in the United States, is dedicated to providing analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment. Check out the extensive list of topic links and online reports on this subject.
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/

Pro-death penalty.com
http://www.prodeathpenalty.com/


Genetic Technology/Engineering (IVF, Cloning, Genetically Modified Food, Human Genome Project etc)

Genethics.ca - Genetics and Ethics page
http://www.genethics.ca/index.html

CARE :: Caring, Campaigning, Communicating - Bioethics: Cloning Issues
CARE is a Christian charity involved in caring, campaigning and communicating across the UK. CARE is committed to being part of the answer in a society which so often asks 'who cares?'
http://www.care.org.uk/bioethics/cloning/index.htm

Biotechnology Australia
http://www.biotechnology.gov.au/

Genetically Engineered Foods - Safety Problems - SITEMAP
http://www.psrast.org/sitemap.htm

Science News Presented by BIO: Biotechnology Industry Organization
Comprehensive list of links to many aspects of biotechnology, including genomics, cloning, stem cells and genetically modified foods. Covers ethical and legal issues.
http://science.bio.org/

Human Genome Project Information - Oak Ridge National Library
Human Genome Project Information web site.
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/home.shtml

Links to the Genetic World: 1- Human Genome Project Information
Provides a lengthy list of links to all aspects of the Human Genome Project and human genetics, including theory; genetics; science ethical, legal and social issues.
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/links.shtml

DoeGenomes.org--genome programs of the U.S. Department of Energy
http://www.doegenomes.org/

The Religion Report - 22/08/01: Catholic bishops and IVF
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/relrpt/stories/s350360.htm

The Religion Report - 22/8/2002: Stem cell research under the microscope
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/relrpt/stories/s658698.htm

The Religion Report - 30/04/2002: Embryonic stem cell research
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/relrpt/stories/s546321.htm

Queensland Right To Life - Cloning Index
Includes information about stem cells.
http://www.qrtl.org.au/clone/index.htm

Ethics Updates: Bioethics, Cloning and Reproductive Technologies Home Page
http://ethics.sandiego.edu/Applied/Bioethics/index.asp

ABC - Religion & Ethics - Library - Ethics - Cloning/Stem Cell Research - WWW Links
http://www.abc.net.au/religion/stories/s933309.htm

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