Part A In the movie, A Beautiful Mind (2001) the main character, John Nash, played by Russell Crowe, suffers from schizophrenia. Abigail A. Baird defines schizophrenia as “a mental disorder that causes a person to experience distorted perceptions, inappropriate emotions or reactions, and confusion. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) defines schizophrenia as, “a chronic and severe mental disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. People with schizophrenia may seem like they have lost touch with reality. Although schizophrenia is not as common as other mental disorders, the symptoms can be very disabling.” Part way into the film, due to his progressive illness, Nash was sedated against his own will. Shortly
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Numerous young men were divided into roles of prisoners and prison guards in a simulated prison. The study was intended to last two weeks, though was ended after just six days under the suggestion of Christian Maslach, Ph.D. Several instances throughout this study good guards did not object to the tough or bad guards in this experiment was because the bad guards brutal treatment was not directed towards the good guards, it was directed towards the prisoners. Such as when Prisoner number 416 decided to go on a hunger strike and refused to eat his sausages, the guards put him in confinement. The good guards actually feared objecting the bad guards because they didn 't want to become prisoners themselves, so they just went along with what the tough guards said and did. Those who participated in this experiment volunteered to be part of it and knew that they were part of an experiment. Therefore they did not try to change things from the outside because there really was no reason for someone to help them since they weren 't real …show more content…
I believe it was not ethical because not enough experts were involved. Because of the lack of expert intervention, people actually suffered. It was not right to trade individual suffering of volunteer prisoners for the knowledge that was gained. Even though all who participated signed consents, they surely did not realize the actual degree of suffering that would occur. An example of this being unethical was how each prisoner was stripped naked and sprayed. Also, Prisoner #8612 began suffering from acute emotional disturbance, uncontrollable crying and disorganized thinking. They were not prepared to properly handle his mental
Numerous young men were divided into roles of prisoners and prison guards in a simulated prison. The study was intended to last two weeks, though was ended after just six days under the suggestion of Christian Maslach, Ph.D. Several instances throughout this study good guards did not object to the tough or bad guards in this experiment was because the bad guards brutal treatment was not directed towards the good guards, it was directed towards the prisoners. Such as when Prisoner number 416 decided to go on a hunger strike and refused to eat his sausages, the guards put him in confinement. The good guards actually feared objecting the bad guards because they didn 't want to become prisoners themselves, so they just went along with what the tough guards said and did. Those who participated in this experiment volunteered to be part of it and knew that they were part of an experiment. Therefore they did not try to change things from the outside because there really was no reason for someone to help them since they weren 't real …show more content…
I believe it was not ethical because not enough experts were involved. Because of the lack of expert intervention, people actually suffered. It was not right to trade individual suffering of volunteer prisoners for the knowledge that was gained. Even though all who participated signed consents, they surely did not realize the actual degree of suffering that would occur. An example of this being unethical was how each prisoner was stripped naked and sprayed. Also, Prisoner #8612 began suffering from acute emotional disturbance, uncontrollable crying and disorganized thinking. They were not prepared to properly handle his mental