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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's ELSI Project  - http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/ELSI.html  Resources for middle and high school students on ethical issues in the sciences.  Hedonistic Imperative  - http://www.hedweb.com/  Outlines how genetic engineering and nanotechnology will abolish suffering in all sentient life.  The Online Ethics Center for Engineering & Science  - http://onlineethics.org/  Provides engineers, scientists, and science and engineering students with resources for understanding and addressing ethical problems.  Social Aspects of Science and Technology  - http://www-cse.ucsd.edu/users/goguen/projs/soc.html  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  - http://www.spusa.org/pugwash  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.  - http://www.unesco.org/ethics  UNESCO: Division of Human Sciences, Philosophy and Ethics of Science and Technology.  Science and Institutions  - http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/4605/  Personal web pages of Luis Gonzalez-Mestres, including topics of science ethics and other social aspects of science.  Visions of Perfection  - http://library.thinkquest.org/27648/  Explores various ways that the human race has attempted to achieve perfection through philosophies and technologies of the past century.  Science,Technology and Society  - http://www.personal.u-net.com/~nchadd/home.htm  Starting points for students and teachers. Includes discussion topics and other curriculum links.  World Conference on Science  - http://helix.nature.com/wcs/index.html  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.  Science, Technology and Society Links  - http://www.ncsu.edu/ncsu/chass/mds/stslinks.html  Links to STS-related information sources from North Carolina State University.  University of Saskatchewan - Ethics and Technology Class  - http://duke.usask.ca/~wjb289/PHL236  Offers class resources, syllabus and information; compiled by Will Buschert.  American Chemical Society - Chemist's Code of Ethics  - http://www.chemistry.org/portal/Chemistry?PID=acsdisplay.html&DOC=membership%5Cconduct.html  Guidance of society members in various professional dealings, especially those involving conflicts of interest.  Public Broadcasting Service - Bloodlines: Technology Hits Home  - http://www.pbs.org/bloodlines  Dicusses new technologies that are raising ethical, legal and social dilemmas as cutting-edge science intersects with the law.  Ethics in Science  - http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/ethics/hbauer/hbauer-toc.html  An essay on the scientific method (or lack thereof) and the consequences of misconduct in science by Henry Bauer.  Ethics in Science  - http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/ethics/  Contains links to on-line resources, a bibliography, and several original essays on ethics and misconduct in science.  Being Human: Science, Ethics and Our Rights  - http://www.i-sis.org.uk/human.php  Discussions on what being human is in our world of scientific and technological advancement.  IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology  - http://policy.rutgers.edu/andrews/projects/ssit  Addressing such issues as environmental, health and safety implications of technology, engineering ethics and professional responsibility.  Science, Ethics and Moral Status  - http://www.phil.vt.edu/Miller/papers/science.html  Examining the notion of moral status in general and in particular the moral status of nonhuman animals.  The Abolitionist Society  - http://www.abolitionist-society.com/  Advocating the use of biotechnology to abolish suffering.