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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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Vaccine refuseniks are free-riders.

Category: Ethics 101

Opting out of vaccines while others receive them means you receive benefits that others pay for.

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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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Stepping away from silence.

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...

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Math and science versus femininity.

Category: Diversity in science

What if we could change the equation?

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Morality, outrage, and #amazonfail: a reply to Clay Shirky.

Category: Current events

A bunch of people (including Bora) have pointed me to Clay Shirky's take on #amazonfail. While I'm not in agreement with Shirky's analysis that Twitter users mobilized an angry mob on the basis of a false theory (and now that...

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Some thoughts on #Amazonfail.

Category: Current events

Ethical dimensions of uprisings by angry internet mobs against large e-tailers.

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Things could get worse before they get better (starving student edition).

Category: Academia

Times are tough all around these days. However, at schools like mine, a large public university with a population that includes a significant number of students who are older than traditional college age, are the first in their families to...

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What not to do to a public university in the face of a budget shortfall.

Category: Academia

You knew the California budget shortfall was going to have an impact on higher education in the state. But maybe you didn't know that the pain will not be distributed evenly. Last weekend, John Engell, a colleague of mine from...

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President Obama on education.

Category: Academia

If education is a priority in our economic recovery, what will that involve?

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Medical interpreters, societal commitments, and the challenges of footing the bill.

Category: Medicine

Commitment to shared values is one thing, paying to implement them is another.

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