Genetic Engineering: Moral and Ethical Considerations

A Carolina Day School Library Resource Guide

REFERENCE BOOKS:

Philosophy And Ethics : Selections From The Encyclopedia Of Philosophy And Supplement. REF 170 ENC 1999
Bioethics For Students : How Do We Know What's Right? : Issues In Medicine, Animal Rights, And The Environment.  REF 174 BIO

Encyclopedia Of Bioethics. REF 174.2 ENC

General encyclopedias : Britannica, World Book. (REF 031)

Start in the index!

CIRCULATING BOOKS:

Thorny Issues : How Ethics And Morality Affect The Way We Live. 170 LAN
Medical Ethics. 174 HEI
Raising The Dead : Organ Transplants, Ethics, And Society. 174 Mun 2002
Biomedical Ethics : Opposing Viewpoints. 174.2 ONE
What Kind Of Life : The Limits Of Medical Progress The Limits Of Medical Progress. 174.24 CAL
Clone : The Road To Dolly, And The Path Ahead. 174.957 KOL
Genetic Engineering : Opposing Viewpoints. 179.1 DUD
Dinner At The New Gene Cafe : How Genetic Engineering Is Changing What We Eat, How We Live, And The Global Politics Of Food. 363.19 Lam 2001
The History Of Science From 1946 To The 1990s. 509 SPA
Cloning. 571.8 COH
Future Perfect : Confronting Decisions About Genetics. 616 And 2001
Genome: The Story Of The Most Astonishing Scientific Adventure Of Our Time--The Attempt To Map All The Genes In The Human Body. 616 BIS
The Human Genome Project : Deciphering The Blueprint Of Heredity. 616 HUM
Genetic Engineering. 660.6 GEN

ONLINE RESOURCES:

WEB resources

(Reliable websites available on the CDS Online Catalog. Just do a regular search, chose resources with a WEB call number, click on the “web connect” tab, and you’re there!)

Opposing Viewpoints database and The Student Resource Center database

Magazine articles, essays, statistics. Also available from home. Ask for the URL and password.

FindArticles.com

“archive of published articles that you can search for free. Constantly updated, it contains articles dating back to 1998 from more than 700 magazines and journals... Contains articles on a range of topics, including business, health, society, entertainment, sports and more. Unlike other online collections, each of the hundreds of thousands of articles in FindArticles can be read in its entirety and printed at no cost.” www.findarticles.com

FREE WEB SITES:

(Note: The following reviews are from the excellent Librarian’s Index to the Internet at www.lii.org. 

Copyright 2004 by Librarians' Index to the Internet, LII. )

GM Food: Special Report
This site examines the implications, questions, ethics, and unknowns of genetic modification of food, which include gene therapy, fetal cell research, transgenic plants, and genetic engineering. Some articles cover specific projects, such as the quest to produce a blue rose, while others elaborate general concerns relating to genetic manipulation. From the New Scientist magazine. http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/gm/

The True Food Shopping Guide
Subtitled "Go behind the label and get the facts on genetically engineered foods." Find out which foods, by brand, have genetically or nongenetically engineered ingredients and which foods are currently being tested by the biotech industry in experimental trials. Offers alternatives to genetically engineered food and information about labeling. From the True Food Network and True Food Now, a project of the Genetic Engineering Action Network (GEAN).http://www.truefoodnow.org/shoppersguide/

Biotechnology Information Center
This searchable site, a service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, provides access to a variety of information services and publications covering many aspects of agricultural and environmental biotechnology. Specific topics include theory and techniques of genetic engineering, plant and animal genetics, monoclonal antibodies, single cell proteins, food processing, biomass applications and risk assessment and bioethics. http://www.nal.usda.gov/bic/

Beyond Discovery: The Path from Research to Human Benefit
"A series of articles that trace the origins of important recent technological and medical advances." Each article has brief Summaries. There are articles about vitamin D, HIV and AIDS, polymers, hepatitis B, plate tectonics, genetic engineering as well as testing, childhood leukemia, global positioning systems, ozone depletion, laser and fiber optics in communications, and more. The whole site is available in Chinese, and many articles are available in German. From the National Academy of Sciences. http://www.beyonddiscovery.org/

Environmental Ethics
A categorized directory of unannotated links to general environmental ethics Web resources and to sites dealing with such specific issues as genetic engineering, nanotechnology, cloning, resource allocation, animals and vegetarianism, pollution, radiation, global warming, population, indigenous peoples, and teaching about environmental ethics. Compiled by Ron Epstein, a San Francisco State University philosophy professor http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Environ/Enviroethics.htm

Social Criticism Review
A collection of links to selected readings in social criticism by authors who may differ from what is often heard in the mainstream media. They cover many issues: progress, science, technology, protest, sustainable development, economics, globalization, multinationals, environment, war, poverty, media, genetic engineering, individual countries, and much more.
http://www.socialcritic.org/

Bioethics.net: The American Journal of Bioethics Online
A searchable and browsable site on "the moral implications of science, medicine and research" - bioethics (a word coined by Van Rensselaer Potter). Topics include Cloning and Genetics; Bioethics for Beginners; and Bioethics Knowledge Tool, which provides links to articles and other sites. This comprehensive site is supported by the University of Pennsylvania, Center of Bioethics. For a community-based ethics center, see Midwest Bioethics Center. http://ajobonline.com/

Cloning: Are Humans Next?
Arguments used against and in defense of human cloning are charted under Ethical concerns and elaborated upon in Uses of Cloning. In easy-to-understand language, The World Book Encyclopedia provides a simple explanation of the process of cloning, the early scientific attempts at it, and additional links to information about or related to cloning. For an in-depth study on the "the moral implications of science, medicine and research," see Bioethics.net above.
http://www.worldbook.com/fun/bth/cloning/html/cloning.html

Library Information Services Gateway: Kennedy Institute of Ethics
This is an interdisciplinary resource that offers information on the ethical, legal, and public policy aspects of health care. It also deals with biomedical research and practitioner-patient relationships. The site includes the Bioethicsline database, as well as The National Center for Bioethics Literature and the National Information Resource on Ethics and Human Genetics, which provide Web and bibliographic resources. A thesaurus and search instructions help users with effective strategies.
http://bioethics.georgetown.edu/

Biotechnology Information Center
This searchable site, a service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, provides access to a variety of information services and publications covering many aspects of agricultural and environmental biotechnology. Specific topics include theory and techniques of genetic engineering, plant and animal genetics, monoclonal antibodies, single cell proteins, food processing, biomass applications and risk assessment and bioethics. http://www.nal.usda.gov/bic/

Integrated Medical Curriculum
Although designed for medical students, this site has a wealth of information for anyone interested in anatomy and physiology. There are modules covering gross and microscopic anatomy with good quality illustrations, radiologic anatomy, basic physiology, immunology, and medical ethics. There are also quizzes to aid students. Requires free registration.
http://imc.gsm.com/integrated/

United Network for Organ Sharing
This organization's Web site provides information about all aspects of the transplant process. The Patients section (Transplant Living) includes information about getting on waiting lists, financing the procedure, living with a transplant, survival rates for patients by state and institution, and support groups. In addition, Data contains facts and statistical information; News has current and archived news stories and organizational news; Resources includes several papers and links on bioethics; Links covers pointers to transplant centers, organ procurement organizations, organ donation groups, professional groups, and other transplant-related sites. Searchable. http://www.unos.org/

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