Pornography Ethics: Expression versus Morality
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This 9 page paper provides an overview of the issue of ethics and pornography and the implications for a moral society. This paper considers the reasons for arguments that pornography is a form of freedom of expression and the other argument that pornography is immoral. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Position Paper Concerning Sexuality and Social Policy/Sexual morality
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(6 pp) Formalized church attendance is at the lowest it has been for the last twenty years. To believe that the formal church can serve the same function it has in the past, is neither complementary to the church community at large, or to those, who are seeking spirituality form other sources. It should definitely be kept in mind that this position paper is not about judgment calls, or judging, rather it is about taking an honest look at where our society "is" in relationship to its own sexuality, and understanding. Much of sexual morality is placed within a structured religious framework. This paper will seek definitions, explore attitudes, and consider options for removing sexual morality from its religious frame, and addressing it on a human morality basis. Bibliography lists 3 sources, including presentation outline.
Filename: BBsexmor.doc

Postmodernity and the Decline of Media Ethics
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A 4 page discussion of the manner in which media ethics have declined and even become obsolete in the contemporary world. The author defines postmodernity and the factors which have contributed to this decline in ethics. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Privacy and the Computer Age: An Impossibility?
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A 9 page overview of the way the technological revolution has impacted our privacy. The author of this paper outlines the risks which currently exist in regard to information privacy. The contention is presented that, although laws exist to protect digitized information, those laws are inadequate. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPpriva2.rtf

Pro-choice
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A 10 page argumentative paper in which the writer first argues in favor of the pro-choice position, using the principles of utilitarian ethics and natural law. Then the writer examines the opposing side and offers arguments against it. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: khproch.wps

Professional Ethics And Responsibilities in IT
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A 12 page paper discussing professional codes of ethics in IT and providing examples of where and why they are needed. There are efforts to continue making the Internet more accessible to greater numbers of people, along with more attention to privacy than in the past. Published codes of ethics (and adherence to them) as well as the philosophies of Kant and Mill help to prevent the IT professional from falling victim to the “boiled frog syndrome” of decline that follows lapse of ethical vigilance. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KS-ITethProf.rtf

Proper Use of Scientific Skills
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A 5 page paper expanding on comments contained in the essay 'The Grandiose Claims Of Geneticists.' Sociologist Dorothy Nelkin concludes that 'scientists should restrain their tendency to oversell their work and consider the biases and beliefs that will ultimately shape the uses of a powerful science,' but scientists cannot afford to be too reserved about their work. Many researchers depend on grant money, much of it governmental in origin, for their research, and they have to sell that proposed research to those that ultimately will pay for conducting it. More common than 'overselling' work is the reserved approach to much of it. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSnelkin.rtf

Quality of Life: Assisted Suicide
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A 5 page paper which argues for the right to have an assisted suicide. The paper focuses on ethics and the quality of life. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: RAeulife.rtf

Race and Ethnicity
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A 6 page paper which presents the sociological concepts of the terms race and ethnicity. The paper also discusses racial minorities in the United States and racial discrimination in the United States. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in Applied Ethics
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A 4 page paper which discusses racial and ethnic discrimination today as they relate to traditional applied ethics. The essays examined are "The Color-Blind Principle" by Bernard Boxill, "Affirmative Action: The Price of Preference" by Shelby Steele, and "Racisms" by Kwane Anthony Appiah. No additional sources cited.
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Rationing Health Care -- Issues of Ethics, Philosophy, and Justice
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This 12 page report discusses the debate regarding who or who should not receive certain forms of medical treatment or health care and the many questions the issue presents. In this climate of ostensibly “compassionate conservatism,” far too many people, in a wide array of life circumstances, are without access to, much less the money to afford optimum health care. This report argues that health care and medical treatment should not be only for those who can financially afford them. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: BWration.rtf

Research of Global Importance
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This 5 page paper takes a subject of global importance; sustainable development and proposes a way in which it may be researched. Starting with a literature review, which includes many cases, the paper then considers how the problem may be measured and what polices may improve the current situation. The bibliography cites 9 sources.
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