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I can’t imagine minor adjustments to light levels could ever be considered unethical. Is it unethical when a city installs a new street light?
by mrfusion 9y ago
I can’t imagine minor adjustments to light levels could ever be considered unethical. Is it unethical when a city installs a new street light?
- dpark 9y agoIt’s unethical to do X when X is expected to harm the study subjects. Exceptions are sometimes made for interventions with terminally ill patients, but in general studies that are expected to harm subjects are not approved by ethics boards. They could reasonably do an intervention study that only reduces bedroom light to confirm if that corrects depression on subjects.
- e40 9y agoOther studies have shown increased risk of cancer for nurses that sleep during the day, so there is a legit concern.
- Nomentatus 9y agoYes - it is harmful, we now know, and keeping people in solitary confinement with high light levels around the clock even more so, although common.