Shu Ishida
@shuishida.bsky.social
Assistant Professor (special appointment) at Hiroshima University. Working in bioethics, neuroethics, and any other ethics. Ph.D. Not-so-proud first gen.
New co-authored commentary published in AJOB. Open access.
We discussed when and how parental reasons are ethically relevant in pediatrics, especially in the East Asian contexts (beyond the simple cliche that "Asians emphasize family-based decision-making").
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We discussed when and how parental reasons are ethically relevant in pediatrics, especially in the East Asian contexts (beyond the simple cliche that "Asians emphasize family-based decision-making").
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Respect Without Romanticizing: Cultural Values, Parental Reasons, and Unproven Pediatric Treatments in East Asia
Published in The American Journal of Bioethics (Vol. 25, No. 11, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
New co-authored commentary published in AJOB. Open access.
We discussed when and how parental reasons are ethically relevant in pediatrics, especially in the East Asian contexts (beyond the simple cliche that "Asians emphasize family-based decision-making").
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We discussed when and how parental reasons are ethically relevant in pediatrics, especially in the East Asian contexts (beyond the simple cliche that "Asians emphasize family-based decision-making").
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
it’s really annoying that both JAL and ANA make the exact same announcements in such a small airport, with full volume and without intervals, about the very basic stuff from how to check in to their flights to that passengers cannot bring swords into the cabin.
October 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
it’s really annoying that both JAL and ANA make the exact same announcements in such a small airport, with full volume and without intervals, about the very basic stuff from how to check in to their flights to that passengers cannot bring swords into the cabin.
New co-authored book chapter published by Springer.
We systematically analyzed the ethical, social, and regulatory considerations involved in stem cell–based embryo model (or SCBEM) research. I hope this entry will be a handy reference in this field.
doi.org/10.1007/7651...
We systematically analyzed the ethical, social, and regulatory considerations involved in stem cell–based embryo model (or SCBEM) research. I hope this entry will be a handy reference in this field.
doi.org/10.1007/7651...
Human Stem Cell-Based Embryo Model Research: Ethics and Regulations
Given rapid advances in the life sciences, stem cell–based embryo models (SCBEMs) call for careful ethical and regulatory consideration. As with similar research related to human embryos and reproduction, SCBEMs raise important normative questions. In this...
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October 4, 2025 at 10:11 AM
New co-authored book chapter published by Springer.
We systematically analyzed the ethical, social, and regulatory considerations involved in stem cell–based embryo model (or SCBEM) research. I hope this entry will be a handy reference in this field.
doi.org/10.1007/7651...
We systematically analyzed the ethical, social, and regulatory considerations involved in stem cell–based embryo model (or SCBEM) research. I hope this entry will be a handy reference in this field.
doi.org/10.1007/7651...
I didn’t expect we would have a female PM earlier than USA had a female president.
She’s basically an ultra conservative, but that’s another issue.
She’s basically an ultra conservative, but that’s another issue.
October 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I didn’t expect we would have a female PM earlier than USA had a female president.
She’s basically an ultra conservative, but that’s another issue.
She’s basically an ultra conservative, but that’s another issue.
I was racing against the deadline and almost furiously typing the keyboard, when the cabin crew asked me whether I wanted any drink again and again and again. I would happily bite the bullet if that was from some random airlines, but it is nothing but a total shame if that comes from JAL.
September 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I was racing against the deadline and almost furiously typing the keyboard, when the cabin crew asked me whether I wanted any drink again and again and again. I would happily bite the bullet if that was from some random airlines, but it is nothing but a total shame if that comes from JAL.
Cathay’s normal & vegan meal includes a Häagen Dazs; JAL’s normal meal does; but JAL’s *pescatarian* meal doesn’t. What’s the trick?
September 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Cathay’s normal & vegan meal includes a Häagen Dazs; JAL’s normal meal does; but JAL’s *pescatarian* meal doesn’t. What’s the trick?
Who's playing the PRC's anthem in its full volume in the Air France Lounge …
September 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Who's playing the PRC's anthem in its full volume in the Air France Lounge …
It is the second time in my life (for the first since 2019) that I just ask for communication assistance in the airport / during the flight due to my speech disorder and find myself assisted with a full-spec wheelchair without any chance to (politely) decline it.
September 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
It is the second time in my life (for the first since 2019) that I just ask for communication assistance in the airport / during the flight due to my speech disorder and find myself assisted with a full-spec wheelchair without any chance to (politely) decline it.
Finally I had an opportunity to try Sunset Boulevard.
September 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Finally I had an opportunity to try Sunset Boulevard.
But why’s the intercity this crowded
September 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
But why’s the intercity this crowded
What a fruitful opportunity CEPDISC’25 conference was to discuss our and other scholars’ works on discrimination and equality. Also it kind of works as a pre-commitment for me to start writing a paper as early as possible …
September 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
What a fruitful opportunity CEPDISC’25 conference was to discuss our and other scholars’ works on discrimination and equality. Also it kind of works as a pre-commitment for me to start writing a paper as early as possible …
felt awkward to see my real hometown, a remote mountainous village, featured in a BBC’s tourism campaign message
September 26, 2025 at 3:59 AM
felt awkward to see my real hometown, a remote mountainous village, featured in a BBC’s tourism campaign message
New co-authored commentary published in AJOB. Open access.
We discussed Madison K. Kilbride's thought-provoking argument on the conditions under which healthcare professionals may ethically breach patient confidentiality.
doi.org/10.1080/1526...
We discussed Madison K. Kilbride's thought-provoking argument on the conditions under which healthcare professionals may ethically breach patient confidentiality.
doi.org/10.1080/1526...
When Ethical Principles Conflict: The Ethics of Genetic Confidentiality in Context
Published in The American Journal of Bioethics (Vol. 25, No. 10, 2025)
doi.org
September 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
New co-authored commentary published in AJOB. Open access.
We discussed Madison K. Kilbride's thought-provoking argument on the conditions under which healthcare professionals may ethically breach patient confidentiality.
doi.org/10.1080/1526...
We discussed Madison K. Kilbride's thought-provoking argument on the conditions under which healthcare professionals may ethically breach patient confidentiality.
doi.org/10.1080/1526...
The Supreme Leader Comrade Japanese Train Conductor is making nonsense announcements today again to educate passengers.
September 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Supreme Leader Comrade Japanese Train Conductor is making nonsense announcements today again to educate passengers.
Why I’m always this vulnerable to get Shinkansen trainsick - only on Shinkansens?
September 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Why I’m always this vulnerable to get Shinkansen trainsick - only on Shinkansens?
Heading to Osaka to attend to the annual meeting of Japan Society of Contemporary and Applied Philosophy while getting heavily trainsick on Shinkansen
September 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Heading to Osaka to attend to the annual meeting of Japan Society of Contemporary and Applied Philosophy while getting heavily trainsick on Shinkansen
How smooth and easy Rotterdam–Schiphol intercity connection is. Felt even closer than Central Tokyo to Haneda (needless to say Narita)
August 22, 2025 at 6:51 AM
How smooth and easy Rotterdam–Schiphol intercity connection is. Felt even closer than Central Tokyo to Haneda (needless to say Narita)
One of the most interesting parts in this survey on non-English-native philosophers' experiences philarchive.org/rec/PETECO is the full data publicly available online. A Japanese philosopher (not me) complains about the injustice of expensive English proofreading—totally agreed.
Uwe Peters, Yener Cagla Cimendereli, Alex Davies, Charlotte Gauvry, Kiichi Inarimori, Anna Klieber, Sitian Liu, Nikolaj Nottelmann, Federica Russo & Juan Samuel Santos Castro, Epistemic Challenges of ...
The widespread use of English in the field of philosophy facilitates international collaboration but may also pose significant challenges in understanding, analyzing, or producing information for both...
philarchive.org
August 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
One of the most interesting parts in this survey on non-English-native philosophers' experiences philarchive.org/rec/PETECO is the full data publicly available online. A Japanese philosopher (not me) complains about the injustice of expensive English proofreading—totally agreed.
I regret most strongly being born in a non-anglophone country when a non-professional English proofreader denies the originality of my paper while correcting all my "discriminatee" to "discrimiate".
August 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I regret most strongly being born in a non-anglophone country when a non-professional English proofreader denies the originality of my paper while correcting all my "discriminatee" to "discrimiate".
Not as common as it was, but a serious ethical problem in this context is that some Japanese scholars fluent in English (thanks to their own background, or their youth experience abroad offered by their wealthy parents) tend to look down on colleagues who are not very good at English.
August 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Not as common as it was, but a serious ethical problem in this context is that some Japanese scholars fluent in English (thanks to their own background, or their youth experience abroad offered by their wealthy parents) tend to look down on colleagues who are not very good at English.
This could be why my web browser always warns that IEP’s webpage is potentially harmful to me.
August 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
This could be why my web browser always warns that IEP’s webpage is potentially harmful to me.
Reposted by Shu Ishida
I love that the epigraph to this article is this real sentence still up there on the IEP website: ‘Authors who do not speak English as their primary language must have their articles revised by a native English speaker, or equivalent, prior to submission.’ 😂
August 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I love that the epigraph to this article is this real sentence still up there on the IEP website: ‘Authors who do not speak English as their primary language must have their articles revised by a native English speaker, or equivalent, prior to submission.’ 😂
Published (in Japanese) – eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/handl...
We discussed two distinct forms of supererogation and extended this analysis to "suberogation." We also explored ethical complications in situations with two equally good supererogations.
We discussed two distinct forms of supererogation and extended this analysis to "suberogation." We also explored ethical complications in situations with two equally good supererogations.
超義務と道徳的葛藤の関係についてのさらなる考察 : コメンタリー「道徳的理由のあいだの葛藤という観点から超義務を考える」へのリプライ : HUSCAP
eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp
July 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Published (in Japanese) – eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/handl...
We discussed two distinct forms of supererogation and extended this analysis to "suberogation." We also explored ethical complications in situations with two equally good supererogations.
We discussed two distinct forms of supererogation and extended this analysis to "suberogation." We also explored ethical complications in situations with two equally good supererogations.
I’m always confused by the system that percentile and quartile usually assess scores in the exact opposite direction. It could sound much intuitive (for me) if the 1st quartile = 25th percentile.
July 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I’m always confused by the system that percentile and quartile usually assess scores in the exact opposite direction. It could sound much intuitive (for me) if the 1st quartile = 25th percentile.
Published – "Disability, Subject-Dependence, and the Bad-Difference View" in Bioethics. Open access.
doi.org/10.1111/bioe...
We examined the famous mere/bad difference views of disability, and suggested a subject-dependent welfare axiology sensitive to the diversity of disabled people.
doi.org/10.1111/bioe...
We examined the famous mere/bad difference views of disability, and suggested a subject-dependent welfare axiology sensitive to the diversity of disabled people.
Disability, Subject‐Dependence, and the Bad‐Difference View
Philosophers have debated on the “mere-difference” view of disability, according to which disability as such is neutral in terms of well-being, just like race and gender. It is contrasted with the “b...
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July 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Published – "Disability, Subject-Dependence, and the Bad-Difference View" in Bioethics. Open access.
doi.org/10.1111/bioe...
We examined the famous mere/bad difference views of disability, and suggested a subject-dependent welfare axiology sensitive to the diversity of disabled people.
doi.org/10.1111/bioe...
We examined the famous mere/bad difference views of disability, and suggested a subject-dependent welfare axiology sensitive to the diversity of disabled people.