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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: Academia
From what exactly is the First Amendment supposed to protect me when I include a piece of my writing in a dossier on the basis of which my job performance is to be evaluated?
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 1:51 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Women and science
The title of John Tierney's recent column in the New York Times, "Daring to Discuss Women's Potential in Science", suggests that Tierney thinks there's something dangerous about even raising the subject: The House of Representatives has passed what I like...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 1:23 PM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Current events
Making good ethical choices in the real world is hard, in large part because it requires us to find the best balance in responding to interested parties whose legitimate interests pull in different directions. The situation is further complicated by...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 2:12 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Scientist/layperson relations
(Click to embiggen) Tomorrow, April 8, 2010, Pro-Test for Science will be holding its second rally in Los Angeles in support of humanely conducted, ethical animal research and the people who conduct it. Their first rally last April drew...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 6:55 PM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Communication
In a post last month, I noted that not all (maybe even not many) supporters of animal rights are violent extremists, and that Bruins for Animals is a group committed to the animal rights position that was happy to take...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 12:35 PM • 23 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Communication
I take it that a good number of animal rights supporters feel that their position is philosophically well-grounded, intuitively appealing, and compatible with the flourishing of humans as well as of non-human animals. As such, I would argue that animal...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 10:49 PM • 26 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Communication
Earlier this week, I related a situation I found alarming in which a scientist and his children were targeted for harassment because he dared to express the view that research with animals plays an important role in answering scientific questions...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 1:08 PM • 27 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
We don't have to agree about whether animal research is ethical or scientifically valuable to agree that some tactics for pursuing your view are harmful to civil society. Bruins for Animals, the student organization at UCLA that was instrumental in...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 2:08 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Communication
When I told you about the infuriating tactics extreme animal rights activists are turning against Dario Ringach for even daring to express his view that animal research can be important, a number of you asked in the comments, "What can...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 7:58 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Communication
Express the view that scientific research is worth doing, plan on your kids being harassed? Is that what we've come to?
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 5:54 PM • 124 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
