"Aesopica.net brings together Aesop's Fables or, more accurately, those fables that since ancient times have been attributed to Aesop. Laura Gibbs (Oklahoma Univ.), who translated, annotated, and introduced Oxford University Press's Aesop's Fables (2002) original translation of the Aesopian fables, created this highly useful site, which provides 1,418 full-text English translations of the fables and 646 Latin translations and 780 original Greek texts. In all cases the sources are clearly cited and useful notes, including comments about possible textual interpolations, are included."

"International organization supporting the presentation, publication, and critical discussion of scholarly work in the field of logic"

“The Penn Center's mission is to "promote scholarly and public understanding of the ethical, legal, social and public policy implications of advances in the life sciences and medicine." Its Web site reflects the Center's educational and research enterprises, led by director Arthur L. Caplan.” – Choice

“This Web site is a compendium of documents, essays, news reports, and links to other sites, organized loosely into eight areas: basics, commerce, social-justice issues, computer abuse, intellectual property, speech issues, privacy, and risks. Simple index pages subdivide the areas into 10-25 topics arranged alphabetically. Each topic is a link to an index of articles and Web sites, grouped into about five subtopics. Formal codes of ethics adopted by several professional computing organizations are referenced in the Basics: Codes of Ethics topic.” – Choice

"Designed for instructors and students of applied ethics and ethical theory, this superbly organized Web site has broader topic coverage and added features beyond its carefully selected subject-organized collection of full-text articles, important philosophical works, and suggested term paper/discussion topics. The Applied Ethics section, previously focused largely on biomedical and environmental ethics, now also covers race, war, world hunger, poverty, gender, political issues, and even academic integrity." -- Choice

"Describes and gives examples of logical fallacies from the media and everyday life."

Mission: Critical is an interactive tutorial for critical thinking, in which you will be introduced to basic concepts through sets of instructions and exercises.

"Farah directs the Center of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania, which sponsors this site. This up-to-date informational gateway to the emerging ethical issues from the different branches of neuroscience (e.g., neurology, psychiatry, cognitive science, and psychopharmacology) is easy to navigate; information is clearly displayed and very creditable." -- Choice

“Ken Taylor and John Perry (philosophy, Stanford) have created an open forum to discuss philosophical topics on their one-hour talk show, produced by Ben Manilla. Philosophy Talk is mostly broadcast in California and Oregon; however, nearly four years of past programs listed on the Web site may be downloaded and listened to online. The program tackles the whole spectrum of philosophy, investigating topics such as freedom of speech, Hegel, disability, animal rights, Plato, existentialism, autonomy, Zen, and affirmative action.” – Choice

"Transparency International (TI) is the Web site of a nongovernmental organization whose mission is to "create change towards a world free of corruption." Defining corruption as "the abuse of entrusted power for private gain," TI offers a wide variety of tools and techniques to both understand and combat corruption." -- Choice

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