PSYC 2018H Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Michael J. Sandel, Deontological Ethics, Psych
19 Oct 2015
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Improve quality of life and reduce suffering: this requires knowledge, which requires research, but, there are costs to all research. Improvement of research or assessment technique: practical outcomes, benefits for researchers, benefits for research participants. Possible costs: minor costs, more serious risks. Example of unethical induced respiratory paralysis in alcoholic. Research ethics board (reb: text book calls them institutional review board (irb) Research in which the probability and magnitude of possible harm implies by participation in the research is no greater than those encountered by participants in those aspects of their everyday life that relate to the research . Four controversial issues: ability to judge the methodology of one"s study, basic vs. applied research, overzealous concern about risk, overemphasis of biomedical research model to evaluate proposals. 2 basic research harder to see benefits basic knowledge, applied research easier to see benefits. 3 baumeister, vohs, and funder (2007) concerned about more studies using self-reports than direct observation.
