> All the inmates participating in Molero-Chamizo’s study are volunteers who’ve signed consent forms, yet they’re also in an inherently coercive situation. Unde

> All the inmates participating in Molero-Chamizo’s study are volunteers who’ve signed consent forms, yet they’re also in an inherently coercive situation. Under those conditions, the ethicists ask, is it even possible to meaningfully consent to an experiment like this? Seems like they are all volunteers so at least they are not forced to do it. But this being Spain you can not really trust it. They might as well have picked a bunch of mentally retarded prisoners and got them to sign the form by giving a few packs of cigarettes in return.