Tag Archives: paternalism

"you're only cheating yourself"

As a grad­u­ate teach­ing assis­tant and course instruc­tor, I’ve encoun­tered cheat­ing and pla­gia­rism a num­ber of times. I know that many of my friends encounter sim­i­lar issues as well. So, to mark the end of this semes­ter, I thought I’d start a mini-series of posts on the sub­ject. First up: the “you’re only cheat­ing your­self” …

May 10, 2010 – 9:07 am | By pamela j. stubbart | Posted in applied ethics, education, ethics, quotable, teaching | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (6)

FYI, Nancy Gibbs, society doesn't own me

I sub­scribe to Time mag­a­zine because two years ago they made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. How­ever, at this point, I don’t think I would renew even if they paid me to do so. Their reces­sion cov­er­age has been laugh­able, and the opin­ion pieces seem ever more ridicu­lous. One of the lat­est in a …

August 8, 2009 – 5:27 pm | By pamela j. stubbart | Posted in applied ethics, biomedical ethics, ethics, politics & political | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (3)