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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: Current events
I'm not a regular reader of USA Today, but Maria tweeted this story, and I feel like I need to say something about it or else risk leaving it rattling around in my head like marbles under a hubcap: About...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 5:26 PM • 17 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 • 101 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: Diversity in science
What if we could change the equation?
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 2:19 PM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 5:23 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Current events
Ethical dimensions of uprisings by angry internet mobs against large e-tailers.
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 3:35 PM • 42 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 11:33 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 2:16 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
If education is a priority in our economic recovery, what will that involve?
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 4:08 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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