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I say that the ethics should be left out of the science. If ethics conflict with research - priority should go to research, until alternative, more ethic approa
by cLeEOGPw 13y ago
I say that the ethics should be left out of the science. If ethics conflict with research - priority should go to research, until alternative, more ethic approach is found. And the ones responsible for alternative should be the ones that claim the current method is unethical - do not let non-scientists to forbid a research just because they think it is unethical.
- arachnid92 13y agoWhat? Really? This argument is something I would expect someone like Josef Mengele to say, not a modern human being in the 21st century. You can't just leave ethics out of science. Doing so would pave the way for so many atrocities against both humans and animals "in the name of science" (and history is evidence of this).
- cLeEOGPw 13y agoIf the experiments on monkeys would lead to a medicine that would improve life of millions, would you still ban it "for the sake of humanity"? Ethics sure have its place, but it must not hinder the vital progress. Today you save monkey from being "treated unethically", tomorrow you die with the same monkey from unstudied disease.
- cabalamat 13y agoGood idea, let's start by experimenting on you.
- JabavuAdams 13y agoYou're designing a human system with no feedback loops or separation of powers. A minimal understanding of human nature, and a quick reading of history should convince you that this is incredibly stupid, to the point of being wilfully negligent.
- JanezStupar 13y agoYes, lets leave sociopaths to their own devices. As they are the only ones not constrained by ethics. I can imagine this would work really well. /sarcasm