Publications

Newsletters | Monographs | Science Education | Moral Reasoning in Scientific Research | Other Poynter Center Publications | Poynter Center Ethics Seminars on Audiostream | Books from IU Press

Newsletters

• The Poynter Center Newsletter carries news and general information on the Center; it is published twice a year and is free. To be added to our mailing list, send your postal address to Glenda Murray. Issues since 1993 are available via the World Wide Web.
• The Poynter Center E-News is available with updates on Poynter Center news. To subscribe to Poynter E-News, write Poynter Center, type Subscribe and your email address in the subject of the email.
• Ethically Speaking is the newsletter of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics. It is published twice a year and is free with membership.

Monographs

The Poynter Center monograph series features inquiry into topics in ethics. Copies are available for $5.00. Most of our publications are now available in PDF format. Click on the titles in red. (To read the PDF files, you will need Adobe's free Acrobat Reader.)

Titles are:

• Bangert, Byron, "Moral Issues and Motivations in Medical Philanthropy" (November 2005)
• Beresford, H. Richard, "Ethics in Neuroscience: Mind Over Matter?" (July 1996)
• Couser, G. Thomas, "The Cases of Oliver Sacks: The Ethics of Neuroanthropology" (December 2001)
• DeGeorge, Richard T., "Ethics, Business and the Internet" (May 2002)
• Dworkin, Roger B., et al., "Alternatives to Physician-Assisted Suicide" (October 2000)
• Estlund, David, "Deliberation Down and Dirty: Must Political Expression Be Civil?"
• Frankel, Mark S., "Science as a Socially Responsible Community" (November 1994)
• Fullinwider, Robert K., "Teaching Ethics in the University" (March 1991)
• Gedicks, Frederick Mark, "'No Man's Land': The Place of Latter-day Saints in the Culture Wars" (February 1999)
• Ivie, Robert L., "Democratic Dissent and the Trick of Rhetorical Critique " (September 2005)
• Lauritzen, Paul, "'It Hain't the Money but the Principle o' the Thing' -- Some Problems for Surrogate Motherhood" (October 1991)
• Matthews, Gareth B. "A Philosophy of Childhood" (January 2006)
• Macedo, Stephen, "Diversity and Distrust: Moral Plurality, Civic Education, and American Liberalism" (October 1997)
• McCormick, S.J., Richard A., "Hidden Persuaders: Value Variables in Bioethics" (June 1993)
• Miller, William Lee, "An American Defense of Politics, of Government and Maybe Even of Congress" (September 1993)
• Orenstein, Aviva "The Ethics of Child Custody Evaluation: Advocacy, Respect for Parents, and the Right to an Open Future" (December 2006)
• Pimple, Kenneth D., Judith A. Granbois and David H. Smith, "The Social Face of Death: Confronting Mortality in Paoli, Indiana" (January 1998;
• Shelton, Charles "Gratitude, Moral Emotions and the Moral Life" (October 2002)
• Smith, Bardwell, "Horses Haul Manure East and West: The Politics of Transformation" (July 1992)
• Smith, David H. "Ethics and the Teaching Responsibilities of Faculty" (June 2003)
• Smith, David H., and Richard B. Miller, "Religion, Morality and the Professions in America". Two essays: David Krueger, "Ethics and Values in Advertising: Professional Identities and Organizational Cultures" and David P. Schmidt, "Quilting Professional Identities in Business"(March 1998)
• Sullivan, William M., "Education As Care of the Self: Identity and Meaning in the Global Era" (July 1994)
• Thomas, Laurence M., "The Fragility of the Moral Self: Self-Love and Morality" (October 1997)
• Williams, David Clair, "Federalism and Dissent" (September 2005)

Science Education

Intelligent Design, Science Education, and Public Reason. A White Paper from Indiana University scholars on the importance of science education. See Science Education for details.

Moral Reasoning in Scientific Research

Moral Reasoning in Scientific Research: Cases for Teaching and Assessment. A unique 80-page booklet of materials for teaching the responsible conduct of science in college and university science courses.

Other Publications

"Ethical Issues in the Use of Animals in Research." A special issue of Ethics and Behavior, 7:2, 1997

Poynter Center Ethics Seminars on Audiostream

A series of four ethics seminars were presented in early May 2003 at the Poynter Center to recognize the retirement of longtime director David H. Smith, professor of religious studies. The topics include journalists' ethics in a time of war, the role of religion in contemporary American politics, direct marketing of genetic tests, and issues in research ethics. Presenters were all IU or IUPUI faculty who have worked with the Poynter Center through the years. Audiostreams of the short introductions are available using RealPlayer 8 basic, a free program. broadcast.iu.edu

The audiostream of the 2004 Matthew Vandivier Sims Memorial Lecture is available. Dr. LeRoy Walters from Georgetown University spoke on "Five Policy Options for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: An International Perspective." broadcast.iu.edu

The audiostream of the 2005 Matthew Vandivier Sims Memorial Lecture is available online at broadcast.iu.edu. Dr. James Childress from the University of Virginia presented "Bioethical Controversies About Human Dignity: Cloning and Commerce in Organs."

The audiostream of the 2006 Lecture is available online at broadcast.iu.edu. Dr. Green spoke on "Babies by Design? The Ethics of Gene Enhancement," a topic he is studying as a Guggenheim Fellow. Green joined Dartmouth's Religion Department in 1969, and he directs the Ethics Institute.

Discount Books on Ethics from IU Press

By special arrangement with Indiana University Press, friends of the Poynter Center can purchase selected books on ethics and philanthropic studies at a 20% discount. Prices do not include shipping. Order from the IU Press site and use the sale code: W7PX. Prices and availability subject to change without warning.