PHL380H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: German War Crimes, Nuremberg Trials, Unit 731
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Us responses to japanese wartime inhuman experimentation after ww2: us officials made similar discovers in germany and japan of unethical experiments on humans, in. Germany the us played key role in bringing nazi physicians to trial and publicizing their misdeeds. In japan, the us played key role in concealing experiments and securing immunity for perpetrators. Gathered evidence of unethical experiments: pass judgment on scientific results obtained, condemn these experiments in the name of science, lay down some definition on what experiments with human subjects can be justified. Unit 731: best known location of experiments, primarily infected chinese pow with infectious agents and exposed them to bombs with infectious agents, disease spreading weapons. Nazi justification for experiments: racist, eugenics/public health, wartime national interests. 1 and 3 justified the japanese- patriotism and racism. Racial purity wasn"t really an issue but territory was a good byproduct. Japanese scientists were more aware that american interest in their data gave them bargaining power.
