Human Experimentation – Position Paper
II. Background (paragraph form) Human experimentation is anything done to an individual to learn how it will affect the subject. Its main objective is the acquisition of new scientific knowledge. The poor, prisoners, mentally ill, and soldiers are some of the most common people to be experimented on throughout history. One of the most horrific examples of human experimentation are Unit 731, where the Japanese Army amputated and dissected parts of the body without using anesthesia. An example of human experimentation that saved the most lives was for smallpox, however someone was killed. Edward Jenner, a doctor, injected what was to later be the vaccine into an eight-year-old boy. As a bold move that …show more content…
Belgium itself has never violated any human rights by using humans as research subjects, and focuses on medical experimenting the most because there can be great risks in this category. Belgium recognizes that human experimentation is very beneficial to society, as animal testing and other methods cannot equate to a human experiment. With new medicines and even cosmetic products, these would all eventually be experimented once on the open market, because they were made for humans to use. If these products went out on the open market without initial human testing, millions of people could suffer when that product would have not been released if experimented earlier. Belgium believes that the idea of utilitarianism in the area of human experimentation is unacceptable, and will not support any solution where it is acceptable (For example: kill one person to save five). Belgium will support any solution where human rights are not violated and the subject agrees to participate in the experiment. Belgium supports the use of human research subjects in all forms as long as it does not end or disable a life, and the subject consents with the experimentation. Belgium proposes to implement the use of human experimentation without violating human rights by allowing regulators to check on any human experiment at any given time, without notice, to see if human rights are being violated. Also, experimenters would not be allowed to run experiments if there is any chance of death or major injury. All forms of experimentation must first be approved by regulators before the experimentation commences. The Nuremberg Code will be used as an outline for the final resolution, and everything stated in the document is valid in Belgium’s
II. Background (paragraph form) Human experimentation is anything done to an individual to learn how it will affect the subject. Its main objective is the acquisition of new scientific knowledge. The poor, prisoners, mentally ill, and soldiers are some of the most common people to be experimented on throughout history. One of the most horrific examples of human experimentation are Unit 731, where the Japanese Army amputated and dissected parts of the body without using anesthesia. An example of human experimentation that saved the most lives was for smallpox, however someone was killed. Edward Jenner, a doctor, injected what was to later be the vaccine into an eight-year-old boy. As a bold move that …show more content…
Belgium itself has never violated any human rights by using humans as research subjects, and focuses on medical experimenting the most because there can be great risks in this category. Belgium recognizes that human experimentation is very beneficial to society, as animal testing and other methods cannot equate to a human experiment. With new medicines and even cosmetic products, these would all eventually be experimented once on the open market, because they were made for humans to use. If these products went out on the open market without initial human testing, millions of people could suffer when that product would have not been released if experimented earlier. Belgium believes that the idea of utilitarianism in the area of human experimentation is unacceptable, and will not support any solution where it is acceptable (For example: kill one person to save five). Belgium will support any solution where human rights are not violated and the subject agrees to participate in the experiment. Belgium supports the use of human research subjects in all forms as long as it does not end or disable a life, and the subject consents with the experimentation. Belgium proposes to implement the use of human experimentation without violating human rights by allowing regulators to check on any human experiment at any given time, without notice, to see if human rights are being violated. Also, experimenters would not be allowed to run experiments if there is any chance of death or major injury. All forms of experimentation must first be approved by regulators before the experimentation commences. The Nuremberg Code will be used as an outline for the final resolution, and everything stated in the document is valid in Belgium’s