Category: Writing
The Ethics of Writing About Shared Healthcare Decisions
In today’s fevered COVID-19 chaos, health care decisions are sometimes shared, sometimes not, and...
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The Ethics of Writing Oxymorons
An oxymoron is a rhetorical device. Writers use it on purpose. It is an ostensible...
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The Ethics of Writing Anti: Rants, Slants & Taunts
Some writers write only happy pieces and live happy lives. Others write “anti.” When...
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The Ethics of Writing a Diary
The ethics of writing a diary are exceptionally challenging because they involve the writer, not...
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The Ethics of Writing Political Attack Ads
Here we are, mid-2020, in the throes of our worst public health emergency, facing an onslaught of...
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The Ethics of Writing Letters to Your Congressperson
Previous blogs have touched on the ethics of writing other letters (recommendations, thank-you...
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The Ethics of Various Types of Writing and Genres
Most writers know the five main types of writing: expository, descriptive, narrative, persuasive...
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The Ethics of Writing Moody
Yes, I know the title is challenging, especially from an ethical perspective. It probably should...
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The Ethics of Writing Politically Correct
Some think “P.C.” stands for “personal computer.” That “P.C.” even has its own wiki...
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The Ethics of Writing Profanity
In 2019, I blogged about the ethics of writing erotica and cited an old article titled, “What...
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Is Ghostwriting Ethical?
No, I’m not talking about ghosts writing. I’m talking about writers paid to write literary or...
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The Ethics of Writing About Keeping Your Social Distance
For most of the last three centuries, humans everywhere knew about distance and were social. But...
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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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