The Stanford Prison Experiment
The Stanford Prison Experiment is unethical and inhuman. It is also evidently a product of poor decision-making. If the scholar involved had considered using two individuals to take the roles of primary experimenter and prison superintendent, the experiment would not have advanced to the levels it did. Moreover, this independent individual would have interfered with the direction the experiment was taking. The experiment also shows the importance of an oversight body to ensure that any experiment using human subjects ensures that none of their rights are abused. This experiment along with others served to highlight which areas needed oversight to ensure that people were not harmed in the course of an experiment.
The Stanford Prison Experiment is unethical and inhuman. It is also evidently a product of poor decision-making. If the scholar involved had considered using two individuals to take the roles of primary experimenter and prison superintendent, the experiment would not have advanced to the levels it did. Moreover, this independent individual would have interfered with the direction the experiment was taking. The experiment also shows the importance of an oversight body to ensure that any experiment using human subjects ensures that none of their rights are abused. This experiment along with others served to highlight which areas needed oversight to ensure that people were not harmed in the course of an experiment.