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Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an associate professor of philosophy at San Jose State University. Before becoming a philosopher, she earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. Email her at dr.freeride@gmail.com.
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Category: Ethics 101
As a brief follow-up to my post thinking about Dr. J's view that cats are a special class of being that ought not be used in research, I would like to assert that:...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 10:03 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Ethics 101
Today, at R.E.S.E.A.R.C.H.E.R.S., Dr J. posted a picture of a charming looking cat with the following text: As little as I can do to push back against the sick minded evil mo-fo bastards who think animal testing on cats is...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 11:43 PM • 18 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Ethics 101
Opting out of vaccines while others receive them means you receive benefits that others pay for.
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 3:57 PM • 90 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Ethics 101
The ethics of sexual violence seem pretty black and white. And yet sexual violence is a reality -- as a constant threat, if not as something that has been committed -- for more women than you can imagine.
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 12:59 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Blogospheric science
This month, Sheril Kirshenbaum and Dr. Isis are spearheading a blogospheric initiative to call attention to a continuing epidemic of mass rapes in Liberia even six years after the end of its 14 year civil war, and to try to...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 11:48 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Current events
Sunday morning, Dr. George Tiller of Wichita, Kansas, was murdered on his way into the church where he worships. Dr. Tiller was targeted because he was one of the few doctors in the U.S. who performed late-term abortions....
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 12:07 AM • 29 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Communication
There's an interesting piece in the Chicago Tribune on the "Oprah effect". The upshot is that products or people who Oprah deigns to grace with airtime tend to find enormous public acceptance. While this is well and good if the...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 8:47 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Communication
There's a new feature article by Liza Gross [1] up at PLoS Biology. Titled "A Broken Trust: Lessons from the Vaccine-Autism Wars," the article does a nice job illuminating how the themes of trust and accountability play out in interactions...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 1:28 PM • 27 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Ethics 101
How a paper which purports to be about medical ethics itself falls short of a central tenet of medical ethics.
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 1:26 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Ethics 101
Bruce Weinstein ("The Ethics Guy" at BusinessWeek.com) offers advice on how to be ethical to the business school class of 2009. His five nuggets of advice seem like good ones for anyone who is interested in being ethical. Two in...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 5:35 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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