In The Media

Associate Professor and Institute of Philosophy and Public Policy Fellow Dr. Shannon Fyfe co-authors an op ed with Anthony Petty in the Washington Post. Petty and Fyfe argue that the solution to unacceptable human rights violations recently identified at the D.C. Jail is not to transfer residents to the U.S. penitentiary in Lewisburg, PA.

Philosophy Professor and Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy Fellow Dr. Shannon Fyfe co-authors an op ed with members of local organization 'Neighbors for Justice.' Fyfe and her co-authors James Carpenter and Anthony Petty draw attention to the importance of bringing IRAA (Incarceration Reduction and Amendment Act) and Second Look applicants home to DC Jail while they are preparing their cases.

Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Institute of Philosophy and Public Policy Fellow Andrew Peterson discusses the fraught ethical issues that surround the rationing of scarce medical resources as we move into a new phase of the pandemic.

Professors Andrew Peterson, Shannon Fyfe, and Jesse Kirkpatrick explain why they welcomed the news that Mason joined ranks with more than 600 colleges and universities requiring “all students, faculty, and staff to get vaccinated, and to share verification of their vaccination status, in order to work, study, and live on campus.” Read their op-ed in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

"If the standard for drug approval moving forward is simply going to be 'whatever patients are willing to try,' then we don’t need the FDA at all." Andrew Peterson and colleagues from the University of Pennsylvania, Holly Lynch and Emily Largent, assess the FDA's recent controversial decision in this op-ed first published in USA Today.

Philosophy Professors Lisa Eckenwiler (George Mason University) and Nicole Hassoun (Binghamton University) argue that global solidarity should guide our efforts to respond to global public health crises, and make the case for supporting a pandemic preparation and response treaty at the November 2021 World Health Assembly.

Philosophy MA student Clayton Jones explains the importance of President Biden's plans to improve care infrastructure for Americans with disabilities. Writing in Bioethics.net with Philosophy professors Andrew Peterson and Kevin Mintz, LCDR Jones explains why structural investment in care services is not just good policy, but a moral responsibility.

Philosophy Professor Lisa Eckenwiler comments on care as a public good and as critical to national and global infrastructure. 

Professor Lisa Eckenwiler comments in Fodor's Travel about the ways in which vaccine passports are likely to perpetuate global and racial inequalities.