Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's ELSI Project
Resources for middle and high school students on ethical issues in the sciences.
Hedonistic Imperative
Outlines how genetic engineering and nanotechnology will abolish suffering in all sentient life.
The Online Ethics Center for Engineering & Science
Provides engineers, scientists, and science and engineering students with resources for understanding and addressing ethical problems.
Social Aspects of Science and Technology
A research project at the Meaning and Computation Lab, University of California, San Diego. Explores the hypothesis that information artifacts embody definite but implicit value systems.
Student Pugwash USA
Promotes the socially responsible application of science and technology through educational programs for young people, primarily at the college and high school levels.
UNESCO: Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology.
UNESCO: Division of Human Sciences, Philosophy and Ethics of Science and Technology.
Science and Institutions
Personal web pages of Luis Gonzalez-Mestres, including topics of science ethics and other social aspects of science.
Visions of Perfection
Explores various ways that the human race has attempted to achieve perfection through philosophies and technologies of the past century.
Science, Technology and Society
Starting points for students and teachers. Includes discussion topics and other curriculum links.
World Conference on Science
Final reports from the international conference, addressing many aspects of the place of science in society, including ethics, science and technology in economic development, and environmental and economic issues.
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