The Military Phony: Joe Cafasso

Dr. Gehring is a philosopher who teaches Moral Dimensions of Public Policy (PUAF 650) at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. She is editor at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, where she is editor-in-chief of Philosophy & Public Policy Quarterly . Dr. Gehring is author of several articles, including “Tedium Vitae: Or, My Life as a `Net Serf' ( Ratio , vol. 10, no. 2 (1997)), “The American State Lottery: Sale or Swindle?”, “The Nuclear Taboo”, “Do Hackers Provide a Public Service?”, “Phonies, Fakes, and Frauds—And The Social Harms They Cause”, and “A National Character” (these last five articles have appeared in the pages of the Quarterly ). She is also co-editor , with William A. Galston, of Philosophical Dimensions of Public Policy (Transaction Publishers, 2002), and she is general editor of the Institute for Philosophy & Public Policy Series, published by Rowman & Littlefield. To date, Dr. Gehring has edited four volumes in the series: War after September 11 (2003), Genetic Prospects: Essays on Biotechnology, Ethics, and Public Policy (2003), The Internet in Public Life (2004), and Community Matters: Challenges to Civic Engagement in the 21 st Century (2005).

The excerpt above left is from her article, “Phonies, Fakes, and Frauds—And The Social Harms They Cause”. She knew a woman who was romantically involved with him and met him in person, witnessing first-hand his bravado. This is a woman who realized what he was saying probably didn't truly meet evenly with the truth. Unfortunately there are way too many people who have been victimized by this man.

Joe Cafasso