Readings Archive

Here you will find various articles, lectures notes, etc. that have been assigned to each individual topic of interest! These are typically a few pages in length (but not necessarily limited to this). Remember to check this page for postings!

Current Reading (April 28 2010)

When consent gets in the way

 

Past Readings

The Future of Your Medical Data

Ethical Issues in Advanced Artificial Intelligence

Robotics Prof Sees Threat in Military Robots

Eight Principles for a Global Agreement on Climate Change

World Learers Put Off a Climate Change Treaty

A Nuclear-Weapons-Free World: Is It Achievable?

Vaccines - Cure or Curse?

Smart drugs for straight As

In the Developing World, Swine Flu elicits shurgs not panic

Cassandras of Climate

G20 Leaders Agree, Broadly, on Climate Change

Nuclear Power Cannot Solve Climate Change

Ethics of Medical Practice

AAU Policy Recommendations For the Next President

"Nuclear-Free World from the Cities" - Tadatoshi Akiba

Military Funding of University Research by Vera Kistiakowsky

"Rotten Fruit - Banana Republics"

"IEEE - Born to Run": Prosthetic Limbs in Athletics

"IAAF - Technical Qualities of Proesthetics"

Biotech Patents and Indigenous Peoples - Dennis S. Karjala

 

Lecture Notes

"Global Warming: Doing what the planet needs in Washington, Copenhagen, Pittsburgh and tropical forests" - Doug Boucher

"There is No Such Thing as Environmental Ethics" - Aarne Vesilind

Heinz Talks! 2008 - On Energy and Climate Change

Automated Decision Support Systems - Mary Cummings

Health and Security in a Changing World - Peggy Hamburg

Sigma Xi Annual Lecture 2008 - Sustainable Industry in a Changing Society