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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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A conference paper I didn't see coming.

Category: Conferences

A philosopher talking about evidential relations and inferences in the context of the JFK assassination couldn't be a crackpot. Could he?

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Coming Monday: our discussion the case of a halted international clinical trial in Cameroon.

Category: Communication

Almost a month ago, I told you about a pair of new case studies released by The Global Campaign for Microbicides which examine why a pair of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) clinical trials looking at the effectiveness of antiretrovirals in preventing...

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Twenty years ago today.

Category: Current events

News that delivered a blow to youthful optimism.

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Silence is the enemy: addressing the causes.

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.

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Some very raw thoughts on the assassination of Dr. George Tiller.

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....

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Proposed guidelines for embryonic stem cells: applying new ethical rules to old research.

Category: Current events

You may have heard that the Obama administration has proposed new rules for federal funding of embryonic stem cell (ESC) research. (The proposed rules are available in draft form through the end of the public comment period; the NIH expects...

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Two new case studies on international clinical trials (and a plan to read them together).

Category: Communication

Earlier this week, I found out about a pair of new case studies being released by The Global Campaign for Microbicides. These cases examine why a pair of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) clinical trials looking at the effectiveness of microbicides antiretrovirals...

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Fake journals versus bad journals.

Category: Medicine

By email, following on the heels of my post about the Merck-commissioned, Elsevier-published fake journal Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine, a reader asked whether the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons (JPandS) also counts as a fake journal....

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Flu pandemic ethics: rationing scarce resources.

Category: Current events

If someone will be left out, what's a fair way to decide who?

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Ethics in planning for a flu pandemic.

Category: Current events

In my last post, I looked at some of the ethical considerations an individual might make during a flu epidemic. My focus was squarely on the individual's decisions: whether to stay in bed or seek medical care, whether to seek...

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