PHIL 2408 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Nuremberg Code, Syphilis, Longitudinal Study

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 2408
• Professor: Vida Panitch

Document Summary

Lecture oct 7: nuremberg code https://history. nih. gov/research/downloads/nuremberg. pdf, allan brandt, racism and research: the case of the tuskegee syphilis study , samuel hellman and deborah hellman, of mice but not men . Nazi experimentation: designed to advance military success or to torture: dachau: high altitude, freezing, sea water, buchenwald: malaria, cholera, typhus, auschwitz: sterilization, poison. Research ethics views: utilitarianism view, kantianism/deontology view. Prominent political, military and economic leaders of nazi germany were tried for crimes against humanity. The doctors trial prosecution 20 nazi doctors for their involvement in human experimentation during wwii: 7 acquitted, 7 sentenced to death, 6 to life in prison. The nuremberg code: informed consent: the voluntary consent of the subject is absolutely essential. In 1932, the us public health service began an observational experiment in alabama to observe the course of untreated syphilis: at the time, standard treatments were toxic (mercury) and of questionable effectiveness.