Category: Writing
The Ethics of Writing About Mitigating a Pandemic Disease
There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of ethical issues when a country is hit by a pandemic of...
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The Ethics of Writing “Cancel Culture”
“Cancel,” in its verb form, means to decide or announce that something will not take place....
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Are there ethical norms for the writing of scientific articles?
Are there ethical norms for the writing of scientific articles? The easy answer is yes. Like its...
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The Ethics of Writing Fake
I don’t mean the ethics of writing fake as in writing about fakes, frauds, fools, or faux. Those...
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The Ethics of Writing Trigger Words—Part I
A “trigger” word or phrase always invokes a strong reaction in your readers. Psychologically,...
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The Ethics of Writing a Good Life
They say people live after they die. I didn’t know her, at least in the personal sense. But I know...
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The Ethics of Writing About Short-Selling
Most writers will look at the title of this blog and wonder if I’ve finally lost it. Short-selling...
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Ethics of “Professional” Writing
I put quotation marks around the word professional in the title to irritate grammarians...
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The Ethics of Writing Real-Person Fiction
Is it a novel? A true story? A false story? Are the characters real or made-up? If the characters...
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The Ethics of Casting Aspersions
An aspersion is an attack on another person’s reputation or integrity. In a religious context, is...
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The Ethics of Writing About the IoT
Say what? The Lot? No, it’s I…O…T, the acronym for the Internet of Things. It is a thing unto...
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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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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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