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The Ethics of Writing Impeachment
What are the ethics of impeaching a federal officer? Even if they do exist, who cares? Is...
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The Ethics of Writing True Crime
The title itself—The Ethics of Writing True Crime—defines the first ethical norm. The crime you’re...
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The Ethics of Writing Political Op-Eds
The first op-eds in the US popped up in 1970.[1] They are neither opinion nor editorial. They are...
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The Ethics of Writing Novels about True Events
The ethics of writing novels about true events is a subject I’ve touched on in previous blogs.[1]...
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How Historical Does a Historical Novel Have to Be?
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? There are no good answers...
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The Ethics of Writing About Family
Almost always, writing memoir is not just about the writer’s personal story; often it is also...
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Is it even possible to write an ethical last will and testament?
I was a lawyer long before I was an author. The ethical code for lawyers is rigid and unforgiving....
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The Ethics of Writing About Metaethics (Part One)
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is a treasure house for ethics geeks, wonks, and...
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Is Retweeting Ethical?
In November 2018, I posted a blog on this site about the ethics of tweeting. The opening paragraph...
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The Ethics of Writing Political Poetry
On September 2, 2018, I wrote about the ethics of writing Poetry. That’s poetry with a capital P....
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing About Metaethics (Part One)
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is a treasure house for ethics geeks, wonks, and...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing Impeachment
What are the ethics of impeaching a federal officer? Even if they do exist, who cares? Is...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing About Incitement of a Coup D’état, Insurrection, Sedition or Treason
Insurrection—A word often used in describing things that happened two centuries ago. But on...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Recriminations
To be or not to be is not the question. The question is to recriminate or not. 2020 is behind...
Read MoreThe Ethics Of Predicting 2021
I wrote a few blogs in 2020 on esoteric topics, including The Ethics of Writing About Tomorrow,...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Facial Recognition Software
The title “Ethics of Facial Recognition Software” is a bit misleading because software...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing Artificial Intelligence
This blog is about the ethics of writing. Not writing per se, just the ethics of it. Occasionally...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing True Crime
The title itself—The Ethics of Writing True Crime—defines the first ethical norm. The crime you’re...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing Political Op-Eds
The first op-eds in the US popped up in 1970.[1] They are neither opinion nor editorial. They are...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing About Tomorrow
When I talk about the ethics of writing about tomorrow, I don’t mean “tomorrow” in a...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing Trigger Words: Part II
Before the Election, back on September 29, 2020, I wrote Part I of the Trigger Word enigma. That...
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About Gary L. Stuart
I am an author and a part-time lawyer with a focus on ethics and professional discipline. I teach creative writing and ethics to law students at Arizona State University. Read my bio.
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