Age-Retardation (Life Extension)

• Genetic Enhancement in Sports (Friedmann)
• Genetic Enhancement of Muscle (Sweeney)
• Adding Years to Life: Current Knowledge and Future Prospects (Austad)
• Duration of Life: Is There a Biological Warranty Period? (Olshansky)
• Beyond Therapy: Ageless Bodies?
  

Aging and End-of-Life

• Dementia and Human Personhood
• The Wisdom of Advance Directives
• Aging and Society: Social-Scientific and Humanistic Perspectives (Binstock, Cole)
• Aging, Dementia, and the Person: Clinical, Neurological, and Existential Perspectives on Alzheimer/Dementia (Selkoe, Shenk)
• Aging, Dementia, and the Care-Giver: Family and Institutions (Hall)
• Aging, Dementia, and Society (Council Discussion)
• Aging and Society: A Coming Crisis in Long-Term Care?(Council Discussion)
• Aging and Care-Giving: Reflections on the Burden of Care (Council Discussion)
• Aging and Care-Giving: The Ethics of Therapeutic Interventions in Patients with Advanced Dementia (Council Discussion)
• Aging and Society: Perspectives on Policy (Burt)
• After the Life Cycle: The Moral Challenges of Later Life (Cole)
• Aging and Care-Giving: Options for Decision-Making (Schneider)
• Aging and Care-Giving: Are there Objective Standards for Decision-Making in Caring for Patients with Dementia? (Dresser)
• Aging and Care-Giving: Lessons on Assisted Suicide from the Oregon and Netherlands Experiences (Hendin)
• Aging and Care-Giving: Long-Term Care and New Patterns of Decline (Lynn)
• Aging and Care-Giving: Assessing Outcomes in Medical Care (Wennberg)
• Aging and Care-Giving: Ends and Priorities in Medical Care (Callahan)
• Ethical Caregiving in Our Aging Society I: Larger Issues (Council Discussion)
• Ethical Caregiving in Our Aging Society II: Caregiving Perspectives (Sachs and Rabins)
• Ethical Caregiving in Our Aging Society III: Public Policy Perspectives (Friedland and Fahey)
• Ethical Caregiving in Our Aging Society IV: Conclusions and Future Implications (Council Discussion)
• Taking Stock; Looking Back, Looking Ahead (Council Discussion)
• The Medical Vocation, Then and Now (Council Discussion)
• Medical Futility in Context: End of Life Treatment and Care (Emanuel)
• Medical Futility: Institutional and Legislative Initiatives (Pope)
• Medical Futility (Schneiderman)
• Medical Futility (Truog)
• Medical Futility (Rubin)
• Medical Futility (Carson, Foster)

Beyond Therapy (Enhancement of Human Traits)

• Therapy vs. Enhancement: Preliminary Inquiry
• Genetic Enhancements: Current and Future Prospects (Collins)
• What's Wrong with Enhancement (Sandel)
• Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Human Improvement (Kass)
• Human Nature and Its Future (Pinker)
• Medicalization (Kass, McHugh)
• Beyond Therapy: A Progress Report
• Council’s Report to the President
  
  

• Hawthorne, Nathaniel. "The Birth-mark."
• Meilaender, Gilbert. "In Search of Wisdom: Bioethics and the Character of Human Life."
• Selzer, Richard. "Whither Thou Goest."
• Jonas, Hans. "Philosophical Reflections on Experimenting with Human Subjects."
• Callahan, Daniel. "The Research Imperative ."
• Berkowitz, Peter. "The Meaning of Federal Funding."
• Chimeras and the Boundaries of the Human
• Council's Report to the President (Cole, Cantor, Pellegrino)
• The Medical Vocation, Then and Now (Council Discussion of Richard Selzer’s story, “The Whistler's Room”)
  

• Preliminary Inquiry
• International Models (Comparative [Knowles], Canada [Baird])
• Patentability of Human Organisms (History [Kevles], Policy [Hauda])
• Patentability of Human Organisms (Holtzman, Kimbrell, Rai)
• Patentability of Human Organisms (General Discussion)
• Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) (Emanuel)
• International Models (Germany [Simitis])
• International Models (United Kingdom [Kennedy])
• International Models (United Kingdom [Leather])
• General Discussion
• Assisted Reproductive Technologies in the Genomics Era (Schatten)
• Role of the FDA (Legal [Merrill], Institutional [Benson])
• Professional Self-Regulation (ASRM)
• Professional Self-Regulation (Annas)
• Public Panel I (Assisted Reproduction and Reproductive Genetics) (Madsen, Mahowald, Brzyski, Hudson, Smith)
• Public Panel II (Embryo and Related Research) (Manganiello, Doerflinger, Singer, Werner, Kimbrell, Kristol)
• U.S. Regulatory Landscape: I (ART, Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis)
• U.S. Regulatory Landscape: II (Genetic Engineering, Embryo Research, Commodification)
• Stem Cell Research: Current Law and Policy (States) (Andrews)
• Findings and Identification of Policy Options
• Proposed Interim Recommendations, I
• Proposed Interim Recommendations, II
• Chimeras and the Boundaries of the Human
• Proposed Interim Recommendations, III, IV
• Proposed Interim Recommendations, V
• Draft Recommendations, Revised
• Council’s Report to the President
• Biotechnology and Public Policy (Fukuyama)
• The New Canadian System (Shugart)
• Human-Animal Chimeras (Council Discussion)
  

Children

• Bioethics and American Children (Fost)
• Ethical Issues in Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care (Nelson)
• Taking Care: Ethical Caregiving for Children, Too (Kopleman)
• Ethical Issues in Pediatric Research (Goldkind)
• Moral Obligations to Children (Council Discussion)
• Fundamental Needs of Children (Eide, Eide, Greenspan)
• Psychopharmacology and Psychiatric Disorders in Children (Biederman)
• Newborn Screening for Genetic Disorders/Disease (Botkin, Watson)
• Newborn Screening for Genetic Disorders (Alexander)
• Newborn Screening for Genetic Disorders (Roblin)
  

Choosing the Sex of Children

• Current Technology and Practice (Haney)
• Demographics (Eberstadt)
• Ethical Aspects of Sex Control
  

• Human Procreation and Biotechnology
• Ethical Issues in Clonal Reproduction
• Policy Issues and Research Cloning
• Proper Use of Language
• National Academy of Sciences Report (Weissman)
• Ethical Issues in "Reproductive" Cloning
• Ethical Issues in "Reproductive" Cloning
• Ethical Issues in "Research" Cloning
• Ethical Issues in "Research" Cloning
• Ethics of Cloning for Biomedical Research
• Policy Options
• Policy Options
• Council's Report to the President
  

Council's Future Work

• Discussion of Possible Future Topics (Jan 17, 2002)
• Discussion of Possible Future Topics (Jul 11, 2002)
• Discussion of Possible Future Projects (Jul 12, 2002)
• Discussion of Possible Future Topics (Jan 16, 2004)
• Discussion of Possible Future Topics (April 1, 2004)
• The Council’s Future Agenda: Discussion of the Results of the Council Member Survey (Sept 8, 2006)
  
  

Death

• The Draft White Paper on the Determination of Death
• Response to the Council's White Paper, "Controversies in the Determination of Death" (Shewmon)

Drugs, Children, and Behavior Control

• Prescription Stimulant Use in American Children (Diller)
• Neuropsychopharmacology and Public Policy
• Pediatric Psychopharmacology (Hyman)
  

Health Care

• The Ethics of Health Care (Daniels)
• Health Care-Who Is Responsible? The Individual? Society? Both? (Buchanan, Callahan, Emanuel)
• The Ethical Foundations of Health Care (Herzlinger)
• The Ethical Foundations of Health Care (Council Discussion)
• The American Health Care Predicament (Mechanic)
• American Health Care: The Problems of Access and Cost (Pauly)
• The Paradox of Plenty (Fisher)
• Ethical Questions in the Reform of Health and Medical Care (Pellegrino)
• Ethical Questions in the Reform of Health and Medical Care: A Panel on Three Policy Proposals (Woolhandler, Nichols, Capretta)
• Ethical Questions in the Reform of Health and Medical Care: A Panel on Three Policy Proposals, continued
• Ethical Questions in the Reform of Health and Medical Care: The Significance of the American Political Tradition (Busch, Jacobs)
• Ethical Questions in the Reform of Health and Medical Care: The Significance of the American Political Tradition, continued
• Ethical Questions in the Reform of Medical Care (Council Discussion)

Human Dignity

• Human Dignity as a Bioethical Concept (Weithman, Childress)
• The Concept of Human Dignity (Churchland)
• The Concept of Human Dignity cont'd (Sulmasy)
• Human Dignity and Bioethics – A Preview of Council's Upcoming Dignity Volume (Council Discussion)
• Human Dignity and Bioethics: Essays Commissioned by the President’s Council on Bioethics (Elshtain, Pinker, Brann)
  

Genetics

• Genetic Information: Its Significance
  for Patients, Families, Health Professionals,
  Ethics, and Policy Development (Wexler)
• Overview: Genetics Research and Clinical Applications (Nussbaum)
• Overview: Genetic Ethics and Public Policy (Hudson)
• The Genomic “Revolution” and the Practice of Medicine (Collins)

Memory Boosting/Suppression

• Physiological and Pharmacological Aspects (McGaugh)
• Psychological Aspects (Schacter)
• Better Memories? (Meilaender)
  

• Depression and the Pharmacological Elevation of Mood (Kramer)
• Depression and the Pharmacological Elevation of Mood (Elliott)

Nanotechnology

• Nanotechnology: Benefits and Risks (Maynard)
• Nanotechnology, Medicine, and Ethics (Ferrari)
• Nanotechnologies and Ethics: European and Global Perspectives (ten Have)
• Nanotechnologies: Science, Risk and Ethics (Superfine)

Neuroethics

• Neuroscience, Neuropsychiatry, and Neuroethics: An Overview (Michels)
• Neuroscience and Neuroethics: Reward and Decision (Cohen)
• Neuroscience, Brain, and Behavior I: Brain Development in Children (Jessell)
• Neuroscience, Brain, and Behavior II: Emotional and Cognitive Development in Children (Kagan, Spelke)
• Neuroscience, Brain, and Behavior III: Council Discussion
• Neuroscience, Brain, and Behavior IV: Brain Imaging (Case Study)
  (Council Discussion)
• Neuroscience, Brain, and Behavior V: Deep Brain Stimulation (Cosgrove)
• Neuroscience, Brain, and Behavior VI: Neuroscience and the Law (Morse)
• Neuroscience, Brain, and Behavior VII: Understanding Aggressive Behavior Through Neuroscience (Coccaro)

• Newborn Screening for Genetic Disorders/Disease (Botkin, Watson)
• Newborn Screening for Genetic Disorders (Alexander)
• Newborn Screening for Genetic Disorders (Roblin)
• The Ethics of Newborn Screening (Council Discussion)
• Ethical Challenges of Expanded Newborn Screening (Discussion of Staff Working Paper)

Organ Transplantation

• Selzer, Richard. "Whither Thou Goest."
• Procuring Organs for Transplantation: Ethical Considerations.
• Organ Procurement and Transplantation (Veatch)
• Organ Procurement and Transplantation (Epstein, Delmonico)
• Organ Transplantation and Procurement—the Empirical Context (Siminoff, Powe)
• Organ Transplantation and Procurement—Literary and
  Philosophical-Anthropological Perspectives (Lynch, Spicker)
• Organ Transplantation and Procurement—The Ethical Challenges (Cohen, Meilaender)
• Organ Transplantation and Procurement—Policy Proposals (Childress, Hippen)
• Ethical and Philosophical Issues in the Definition of Death (Rubenstein)
• Living Organ Donation: Outcomes and Ethics (Gruters)
• The Ethics of Organ Allocation (Davis)
• Organ Transplantation Policies and Policy Reform (Crowe)
• Organ Procurement, Transplantation and Allocation: Policy Options (Council Discussion)
• On the Body and Transplantation: Philosophical and Legal Context (Council Discussion)
• The Ethics of Organ Allocation: Policy Questions Concerning Geography, Age, and Net Benefit (Council Discussion)
• Caring for Living Donors and Transplant Recipients: Five Policy Proposals (Council Discussion)
• Increasing the Supply of Human Organs: Three Policy Proposals (Council Discussion)

Professions

• The Healing Professions (Benner, Relman)
• The Professions in Contemporary America: Promise and Peril (Sullivan)
• The “Crisis” in the Ethics and Profession of Medicine: A Historical Perspective (Rothman)
• The “Crisis” in the Ethics and Profession of Medicine: The Perspective of Medical Education (Cohen, Leach)
• The “Crisis” in the Ethics and Profession of Medicine: Some Concluding Reflections (Pellegrino)
• The Healing Professions/Medicine (Frank)
• The Healing Professions/Medicine (Hardt)
• The Healing Professions/Medicine (Council Discussion)
• Conscience and the History of Moral Philosophy (Paris)
• Conscience in the Practice of the Health Professions (Lyerly, Brody, Curlin)
• Conscience and the Health Care Professions (Lynch)

Property in the Body/Patenting Human Life

• Patentability of Human Organisms (History [Kevles], Policy [Hauda])
• Patentability of Human Organisms (Holtzman, Kimbrell, Rai)
• Patentability of Human Organisms (General Discussion)
• Procuring Organs for Transplantation: Ethical Considerations
• Biotechnology and Public Policy: Proposed Interim Recommendations, V

Research Ethics

• Jonas, Hans. "Philosophical Reflections on Experimenting with Human Subjects."
• Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) (Emanuel)
• Is Research a Moral Obligation? (Callahan)

Stem Cells

• Embryonic Stem Cell Research (Gearhart)
• Adult Stem Cell Research (Verfaillie)
• Ethics of Embryonic Stem Cell Research (Outka)
• NIH Funding of Stem Cell Research (Baldwin)
• Early Embryonic Development: An Up-to-Date Account (Opitz)
• Overcoming Immune Rejection (Itescu)
• Is Research a Moral Obligation? (Callahan)
• Current Ethical Literature (Lauritzen)
• Recent Scientific Developments (Gearhart, Jaenisch, Prentice)
• Current Law and Policy (States) (Andrews)
• Berkowitz, Peter. "The Meaning of Federal Funding."
• Administration Funding Policy: Moral and Political Foundations
• Role of NIH and FDA (Zerhouni, McClellan)
• Role of Nongovernmental Activity (Okarma, Palmer, Pursley, Goldstein)
• Recent Developments (Ethics and Science)
• Council's Report to the President
• Seeking Morally Unproblematic Sources of Human Embryonic Stem Cells (Zucker, Landry, Hurlbut)
• Alternative Sources of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells (Council Discussion)
• Stem Cell Research Update (Schöler)
• Stem Cell Research Update and Alternative Sources of Pluripotent Stem Cells (May 2005) (Council Discussion)

• Howard, Doerflinger, Brittin, Tipton, Saunders (Jan 02)
• Brooks (Feb 02)
• Woltering, Doerflinger, Poland (Apr 02)
• Tibbits, Boughman, Singer, Doerflinger (July 02)
• Poland, Sullivan (Dec 02)
• Hubert, Doerflinger (Jan 03)
• Doerflinger (March 03)
• Kramer, Hunt, Trenti (June 03)
• Hoffman, Tipton, Queenan, Moore (July 03)
• Sperling (Oct 03)
• Madsen, Tipton, Poland, Kramer (Jan 04)
• Madsen, Kramer (April 04)
• Doerflinger (April 04)
• Wheeler (June 04)
• Poland (Sept 04)
• Hanson, Doerflinger (Dec 04)
• Berg (March 05)
• Name (Sept 05)
• Poland, Lloyd-Puryear (Feb 06)
• Wright (April 06)
• Zimmerman, Billings, McCome, Budiani (June 06)
• Trey, Yang (Sept 06)
• Hanson (June 07)
• Merrill, Imbody (Nov 07)
• Borchelt, Uttley, Mikochik, Klaus, Christiansen, Fogel, Taqi, Harrison, Goulart, Goldschein, Imbody, Benzio (Sept 08)
• Poland, Goldstein (Nov 08)