Reading

Reading Resources

PLEASE NOTE: The opinions expressed in these resources are not necessarily those of Cedarville University or its faculty.

Readings organized by topic: Please report broken links to Dr. Sullivan

Introduction, Ethical Theory

Feinburgh and Feinburgh: Moral decision-Making and the Christian (note that only pp. 17-32 are required) [ERes]

Sullivan: Op-Ed: Partial-Birth Abortion: Op-Ed Article [pdf]

Gillon: Medical Ethics: Four Principles

Personhood

Sullivan 1: The Conception View of Personhood: A Review [pdf]

Kuhse & Singer: What's Wrong with the Sanctity of Life Doctrine? [ERes]

Condic: Life: Defining the Beginning by the End [link]

Beckwith: Abortion, Bioethics, and Personhood: [link]

Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice: Personhood, the Bible, and the Abortion Debate [link]

Saucy: Theology of Human Nature: [ERes]

Ware: Male Priority in Man and Woman as the Image of God [pdf]

Abortion

Sullivan 2: A Thirty-Year Perspective on Personhood [pdf]

Thomson: A Defense of Abortion (excerpt) [pdf]

Gordon: Answering the Violinist Argument [link]

Bouchier-Hayes: Philosophers on Abortion and Infanticide [link]

Sullivan: Partial-Birth Abortion: Op-Ed Article [pdf]

Human Sexuality, Birth Control, STDs

Stanton: Where It All Starts (link)

Budziszewski: What's Good About Sex (link)

Sullivan 3: The Ethics of Homosexuality (link)

Sullivan 4: The Oral Contraceptive as Abortifacient: An Analysis of the Evidence [link]

Biblical Studies Foundation: Homosexuality: The Christian Perspective [link]

Messiah College: Christian Resources about Homosexuality and AIDS [link]

Epigee: Birth Control Guide [ link]

Christian Life Resources: Birth Control [link]

Catholic Answers: Birth Control [link]

NIH: Sexually Transmitted Diseases [link]

CDC: STD Prevention [link]

Reproductive Technologies

Francis: The Christian and Assisted Procreation [pdf]

Caplan: The Ethics of In Vitro Fertilization [ERes]

Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning

Sullivan 5: Stem Cells 101 [link]

O'Mathuna: Cloning and Stem Cell Research [link]

Kilner: Human Cloning [link]

Clancy: To Clone or Not to Clone? [link]

Bioethics at the End of Life

Sullivan 6: Euthanasia v. Letting Die [link]

Kuskin:Organ Transplantation: Thorny Ethical Issues [link]

McCurdy: Getting - and Staying - Clear About Brain Death [link]

Rakestraw: The Persistent Vegetative State and the Withdrawal of Nutrition and Hydration [ERes]

Kuhse & Singer: Bob Dent's Decision [Ohiolink]

Symposium: The Sanctity of Life Seduced (note especially Callahan and Meilaender) [link]

Hippocratic Medicine

Hippocratic Oath [link]

Cameron: The Hippocratic Legacy, Chapter 1 [On reserve at front desk of library]

Pre-Socratic Influences on Hippocratic Medicine [link]

Eugenics, Human Subjects Research

Allen: Social Origins of Eugenics [link]

Eugenics Archive: Buck v. Bell Case [link]

Naomi Schaefer Riley: The Legacy of Nazi Medicine [link]

Nuremberg Code [link]

Helsinki Declaration [link]

Belmont Report [link]

NIH: Human Subjects Research [link]

Environmental Ethics

Silvius: Bald Eagles and Babies: The Case for Compassionate Conservationism [link]

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