After reading about the two cases, Subject to Aboriginal Experiments and The Tuskegee Experiment, I can’t help but wonder do researchers who began with good intentions, become selfish people that lets their experiments lose its moral in order to obtain their goals. Its immoral that researchers tries to take advantages of those at a disadvantages, such as those hungry children and poor black men.
In general, experiments should first be approved by the Institutional Review Boards, and even if its approved, no freedom should allowed when researchers are conducting their research. Especially experiments that contain potential harm to the subjects, should be closely supervised and regulated. From past examples, we learn that sometimes researchers can become so obsessed with their research that they would strip their subjects’ human rights and dignity. For example, in the Tuskegee Experiment, “even after penicillin became a standard cure for the disease in 1947, the medicine was withheld from the men. The Tuskegee scientists wanted to continue to study how the disease spreads and kills.” The poor black men weren’t even given a slight chance to choose to their fate. Therefore, to not …show more content…
Or else, like in case four, the Yanomami, who weren’t truly informed about the truth behind the research, created an uproar about their disapproval of the researchers violating their cultural values. This is why a way to be fair and respectful to the subjects is necessary. Also, under any circumstances, subjects should be given the right to excuse themselves from any experiments if they wish
In general, experiments should first be approved by the Institutional Review Boards, and even if its approved, no freedom should allowed when researchers are conducting their research. Especially experiments that contain potential harm to the subjects, should be closely supervised and regulated. From past examples, we learn that sometimes researchers can become so obsessed with their research that they would strip their subjects’ human rights and dignity. For example, in the Tuskegee Experiment, “even after penicillin became a standard cure for the disease in 1947, the medicine was withheld from the men. The Tuskegee scientists wanted to continue to study how the disease spreads and kills.” The poor black men weren’t even given a slight chance to choose to their fate. Therefore, to not …show more content…
Or else, like in case four, the Yanomami, who weren’t truly informed about the truth behind the research, created an uproar about their disapproval of the researchers violating their cultural values. This is why a way to be fair and respectful to the subjects is necessary. Also, under any circumstances, subjects should be given the right to excuse themselves from any experiments if they wish