Hello, All!
I am very excited to explore with you over the next couple weeks ethical issues related to family life. Here are a few web resources to get you started. I will add to this list over the next couple of days so keep checking back (http://blog.lib.umn.edu/perry032/impossible/).
Bioethics, Current Events
The weblog of the American Journal of Bioethics
http://blog.bioethics.net/
Genetics
Human Genome Project
Ethical, Legal and Social Issues (ELSI)
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/elsi.shtml
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/research/elsi.shtml
The Genographic Project, National Geographic
https://www5.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/index.html
Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH)
http://www.genome.gov/11508935
International Perspectives on Children's Rights
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (via the UNICEF web site)
http://www.unicef.org/crc/crc.htm
Adoption and ART
Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
http://www.adoptioninstitute.org/
RESOLVE: The Nationa Infertility Association
http://www.resolve.org/main/national/index.jsp?name=home
RESOLVE page on embryo donation
http://www.resolve.org/main/national/embdon/index.jsp
Eugenics
Image Archive of the American Eugenics Movement
http://www.eugenicsarchive.org/eugenics/
"Thick" Concepts and Other Language Analysis Tools
Entry of thick moral concepts in the Philosophers' Magazine Online
http://www.philosophersnet.com/magazine/article.php?id=738
Eklund, M. (March, 2005). What are thick concepts? [working paper]
http://spot.colorado.edu/~eklundm/thickconcepts.pdf
"Relationship Metaphors" from the Marriage and Family Encyclopedia on Families.com [metaphoric concepts and family scholarship]
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The FrameWorks Institute [strategic frame analysis]
http://www.frameworksinstitute.org/strategicanalysis/index.shtml
NCFR and NHMRC
NCFR May 5, 2005 letter to members
PDF file
NCFR Report, June 2005
PDF file (see page 2)
The Carver Policy Governance Model
(the model adopted and used by the NCFR board of directors)
http://www.carvergovernance.com/model.htm
Healthy Marriage Initiative, Administration for Children and Families
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/healthymarriage/
5/96 H.R. 3396 "Defense of Marriage Act"
http://www.lectlaw.com/files/leg23.htm
Chesla, C. A. (2005). The hand that feeds us: Strings and restrictions on funding for family nursing research. Journal of Family Nursing, 11, 340-343.
Family Scholars' Blog "Silencing the Research on the Importance of Married Mothers and Fathers for Children"
http://familyscholars.org/index.php?p=4446
AmericaBlog "Victory! NCFR Bailing on Bush"
http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/11/victory-ncfr-bailing-on-bush_06.html
Daily Kos "A Win for Gay Equality"
http://lpackard.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/11/6/2054/51116