Category: Nonfiction
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 Using Unethical Words in Op-Eds Intended for Public Consumption
I know how absurd it sounds—unethical words. Words are not immoral, unethical, or even touchy....
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The Ethics of Writing About Social Distancing During a Public Health Crisis
This is one of a series of blogs I never thought about until COVID-19 changed my mind, along with...
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The Ethics of Writing About Death in the COVID-19 Era
We’ve all heard the old saw, “The only thing certain in life is death.” It’s wrong but catchy....
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The Ethics of Writing Predictions in the COVID-19 Era
My favorite all-time pundit and cynic defined the word “predict” in a way that never made...
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The Ethics of Writing Crisis Standards of Care in 2020 America
Writing to-do lists, standard-of-care guidelines, orders to take care, stay home, get tested,...
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The Ethics of Writing About Political Parties in 2020
Other blog postings on this site posited ethical issues for writing about politics writ large, the...
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The Ethics of Writing About the 2020 Presidential Election
Let’s say you’re not a journalist or a reporter. But you are an activist, campaign staffer, or...
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The Ethics of Writing About COVID-19
My last posting was about the ethics of writing about pandemics ad seriatim (one after the other)....
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The Ethics of Writing About Pandemics
2020 is the year a Pandemic, with a capital “P,” afflicted the globe, drowned every economy,...
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When We Tell Stories, Are We Telling LIVES?”
Right, the title is correct. At first glance it reads telling stories, telling lies. But that...
Read MoreDo we cross an ethical boundary by revealing private information in nonfiction writing?
“I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.” Aneurin Bevan Nonfiction writers have, for centuries, published long-form pieces that revealed the personal lives of people—usually with their...
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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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