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Applied ethics deals with concrete moral issues like abortion and euthanasia. Many of these are also tackled in Society: Issues, and this category is intended, unsurprisingly, for more philosophical debates and writings than you will find under Society: Issues.

Sites in Applied

European Ethics Network
Founded to improve interaction and cooperation among ethicists. Compiles research and education reports in professional ethics.
EthicsWeb.ca
A Canadian window on ethics resources (mostly applied ethics resources), both Canadian and international.
The W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics
An interdisciplinary research institute, doing work in bioethics, business ethics, professional ethics, environmental ethics, and animal welfare and the ethics of animal use.
Sxethic
Many essays on ethics, with a focus on animal and human rights in daily life.
Josephson Institute of Ethics
Nonprofit membership organization dedicated to improving the ethical quality of society by advocating principled reasoning and ethical decisionmaking.
Institut für Wissenschaft und Ethik
The Institute contributes to an ethical reflection of recent developments in biomedicine, science and technology.
Ethics Connection
The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University provides a framework for ethical decision making and cases that raise typical ethical dilemmas confronted by young people.
Academic Dialogue on Applied Ethics
Seeks to apply rules of discourse drawn from contemporary conversational ethics in on-line dialogs. Background materials included.
Northern Illinois University - Ethics Consortium
Provides a forum for the exploration and discussion of ethical issues, both theoretical and applied.
Fairness.com
Features articles and links focused on both personal and societal fairness issues.
African Ethics Initiative
Promotes public debate on topics relevant to the moral dilemmas in South African society.
Stanford Encyclopedia - Punishment
Philosophical justifications of punishment, article by Hugo Adam Bedau.
PBS - Endgame: Ethics and Values in America
Forces fictional characters forced to make critical decisions with profound moral, ethical or social implications.
Stanford Encyclopedia - The Free Rider Problem
Philosophical issues related to collective action; by Russell Hardin.
Ethics as a Science
An exploration of experimental and scientific ethics.
Cognitive Science and Ethics
A bibliography of philosophical ethics and theoretical tools of cognitive science.
Windsor Castle - The Tree of Wisdom
Ethical treatise by Nagarjuna, a Tibetan Buddhist classic on moral conduct.
Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership
The foundation was created from a bequest by Sheldon Chumir who believed that ethical values are fundamental to a healthy society. The foundation fosters ethical actions in the practical world of government, business and community.

sub categories in Applied

Bioethics Bioethics
Science and Technology Science and Technology
War and Peace War and Peace
Professional Ethics Professional Ethics
Vegetarianism and Veganism Vegetarianism and Veganism

cross references

Society : Issues Society : Issues

other references

Business : Management : Ethics Business : Management : Ethics
Society : Philosophy : Ethics : Environmental Society : Philosophy : Ethics : Environmental
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