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Subject Guide PHI 240 Introduction to Ethics
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Selected Books
The Cambridge companion to Locke (192 Cam)
David Hume : an introduction to his philosophical system (192 Pen)
Defending diversity : contemporary philosophical perspectives on pluralism and multiculturalism
(306.4 Def)
Ethics (Ref 170.3 v. 1-3)
Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Ref 103 Enc v. 1-1)
A History of Western ethics (170.9 His)
An introduction to ethical theories (171 Mes)
Irrational man : a study in existential philosophy (142 Bar)
Opposing Viewpoints – Book series that explores varying opinions on social issues in a balanced pro/con debate. Each book features black & white illustrations and cartoons, activities, discussion questions, bibliographies, glossaries, chronologies, and indexes. To find your topic in iLink, combine the phrase opposing viewpoints with the word AND plus your topic (example: opposing viewpoints AND euthanasia).
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Credo Reference (You must enter off-campus password in the < Library Card Number > field)
Online reference collection featuring full-text content from hundreds of reference books covering a broad range of subjects. Titles include (click the title to search it): The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy and Bloomsbury Guide to Human Thought.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (available through NC Live)
Provides respected authoritative essays on varied topics from numerous subject areas, all in E-Book reference title format. Coverage: 1999 - 2005.
NetLibrary (available through NC Live)
Provides easy access to the full text of more than 24,000 reference, scholarly, and professional books. Includes fiction and non-fiction titles.
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NC Live (selected databases)
Academic Search Premier – Magazines and journals on many subjects including peer-reviewed and scholarly works
America's Newspapers – Full-text content of 10 U.S. newspapers, each the complete electronic edition of record. Paid ads are excluded. In addition, several North Carolina newspapers are offered
Britannica Online Academic Edition – Over 120,000 articles, an updated world atlas, thousands of images and videos, an online dictionary and thesaurus, over 300,000 articles from respected magazines and journals, news headlines, a guide to the Web's best sites, and much more
CQ Researcher Online – Offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy
MasterFile Premier – Covers a wide variety of topics from about 3,100 magazines and journals from 1984 to present
ProQuest Newspapers – Contains many full text articles from Christian Science Monitor; Los Angeles Times; New York Times; Wall Street Journal; and The Washington Post
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - provides a one-stop source of information on social issues; includes viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites and full-text magazine/newspaper articles.
Ethics Updates
This site "is designed primarily to be used by ethics instructors and their students....to provide updates on current literature, both popular and professional that relates to ethics." Includes Theories, Applied Ethics (survey of Internet resources on issues such as abortion, world hunger, etc.), classic texts, glossary, tips for writing ethics papers, and more. Maintained by University of San Diego (CA) Professor Lawrence M. Hinman.
Librarians’ Internet Index
Internet resources selected, evaluated, and organized by professional librarians. Searchable and browsable.
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
Excellent site that includes the current and back issues of the quarterly journal "Issues in Ethics," a section on Practicing Ethics that includes lessons in decision making, and a directory of rated and reviewed links to sites on ethics. Searchable. From Santa Clara University.
Philosophy Pages
Includes a concise Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names, a survey History of Western Philosophy, a Timeline of Western Philosophers (from 600 B.C.E. to the present), a discussion of logic, a guide to the study of philosophy, and a collection of briefly annotated links to additional resources. Developed and maintained by Garth Kemerling, Professor of Philosophy.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
This free, digital encyclopedia is “a dynamic reference work…each entry is maintained and kept up to date by an expert or group of experts in the field. All entries and updates are refereed by the members of a distinguished Editorial Board before they are made public…Consequently, our dynamic reference work is responsive to new research. You can, however, cite fixed editions which are made on a quarterly basis and stored in our Archives.” Searchable and browsable. From Stanford University.
Evaluating Websites, Online Citation & Writing Tools
Citation Styles Online (using MLA, APA, Chicago, & CBE to cite online information)
Evaluating Websites: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly; or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Samples of APA Style (RCC approved)
Samples of MLA Style (RCC approved)
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5/6/08