Research links to common paper topics

Abortion              **under construction**       

Ethics Updates site on Abortion
ACLU on Reproductive Rights
NOW's page on Abortion Rights and Reproductive Issues

Judith Jarvis Thomson's article "Abortion" (pro-choice); for a summary of Thomson's now-classic essay "A Defense of Abortion," see Angee's web page.

For an exchange between Thomson and a number of her critics on the abortion article above, see the Boston Review.

Stephen Schwarz's objections to Thomson are included in his Chapter 8: A Woman's Right over her Own Body? See also Schwarz's Table of Contents.

For a former law student's response to his professor on the abortion issue, see M. Joseph Young's essay Professor Robert Lipkin, the Concert Violinist, and Abortion (actually, Lipkin's example of the concert violinist is taken from Thomson's essay "A Defense of Abortion").

Douglas Portmore presents and evaluates three common anti-abortion arguments in his Three Common Anti-abortion Arguments.

Winnie's (apparently a student at the City University of Hong Kong?) My First Esssay on the Web  which presents three pro-abortion arguments and their
refutations. The second draft of her paper is also available.

Paul M. Cox's summary and favorable evaluation of Germain Grisez's Argument Against Abortion.

Allen Stairs summarizes and evaluates Thomson's "A Defense of Abortion" in his Judith Thomson on Abortion and Don Marquis' argument in his Don Marquis: A Non-religious Anti-abortion Argument.


Capital Punishment and Criminal Justice

Ethics Updates site on Punishment and the Death Penalty
ACLU on Criminal Justice
Amnesty International on the Death Penalty
PBS's Frontline on The Death Penalty: Pro and Con
PBS's Frontline on Juvenile Justice


Drug Issues and the War on Drugs

PBS's Frontline on Drug Wars


Environmentalism

Ethics Updates site on Environmental Ethics
Amnesty International's page on Just Earth


Euthanasia

Euthanasia and End-of -Life Decisions: this web page from the Ethics Updates web site by Lawrence M. Hinman includes an excellent collection of materials on euthanasia such as Federal and Supreme Court decisions, amicus briefs, and reactions to the Supreme Court decisions as well as web sites, talk shows, and articles relating to euthanasia.

Euthanasia.com: a web site which offers extensive resources and links to all aspects of euthanasia.


Evolution and Religion

Ethics Updates site on Religion and Ethics
PBS series From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians
About.com on the Evolution/Creationism Debate (includes resources)
Institute for Creation Research on Creationism
National Center for Science Education Home Page and Resources

Gender, Feminism and Sexual Harassment

Ethics Updates site on Gender and Sexism
ACLU on Reproductive Rights (See also Women's Rights)
Amnesty International on Women's Human Rights
National Organization for Women's Home Page


Political Correctness and Multiculturalism


Poverty and Welfare

Ethics Updates site on Poverty and Welfare  (See also World Hunger)


Race Relations

Ethics Updates on Race, Ethnicity, and Multiculturalism
ACLU on Racial Equality
Drug Reform Coordination Network's resources on Racial Profiling (New Jersey Archive).


Same-Sex Marriage; Gay and Lesbian Rights

Erratic Impact's Queer Theory and LGBT Resources
Ethics Updates site on Sexual Orientation
ACLU on Gay and Lesbian Rights (See also HIV/AIDS)
Amnesty International's Transgender Human Rights.
NOW's Issue Report on Same-Sex Marriage


School Prayer

Independent Television Service's Resources on School Prayer
ACLU on Religious Liberty and School Prayer