[I am repurposing my comment response to LStrom’s blogpost on Going to the Doctor.] So, as I mentioned during the book report session, I spent about the past 3.5 years (January 2013) thinking that it was 95% likely that I have MS, due to MRIs, blood work, and office exams with Neurologist #1. I came to discover in Fall 2015 that…
Tag: trustworthiness
Values and Rhetoric: “Imaginary lines”
Creating the Narrative In addition to this ethics course, I’m taking a rhetorical theory and criticism seminar this fall. This combination inspired me to examine the Sedlak piece a bit more closely, observing how Sedlak attempts to persuade their audience that, once again and forever, engineers/scientists should be objective and technically focused, without consideration or awareness of their own humanity,…
Talk about Integrity…
So. I really REALLY believe in academic and personal integrity. Which means citing your sources, so your readers, if they are interested, can explore and decide for themselves instead of just being spoon-fed your interpretation. This is why tonight’s GEDI discussion about Parker Palmer’s article (link here) truly annoyed me. We were discussing the ethics of a medical case based…