What is Ethics in Research & Why is it Important?
This article discusses ethical norms and how they affect what actions are acceptable and unacceptable in scientific research. http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/resources/bioethics/whatis/
Information From Unethical Experiments.
This article discusses how data produced by unethical means might be used properly.
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/medical-ethics/code-medical-ethics/opinion230.page
Guideline to Prevent Malevolent Use of Biomedical Research
This article discusses how physicians and researchers must take are to identify any potential harms that could result from their research and strive to eliminate them.
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/medical-ethics/code-medical-ethics/opinion2078.page
USA vs USSR Fight! The Cold War: Crash Course World History #39.
A quick and humorous summary of the cold war.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9HjvHZfCUI
Operation Paperclip: Protecting Nazis.
This video tells the story of how at the end of WWII the US publically was committed to prosecuting all potential Nazi war criminals, yet at the same time secretly, and illegally, elocated many of them to the US because of their technical expertise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19vGQDbEiD4
Project Paperclip: Dark side of the Moon.
Sixty years ago the US hired Nazi scientists to lead pioneering projects, such as the race to conquer space. These men provided the US with cutting-edge technology which still leads the way today, but at a cost.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4443934.stm
Project Paperclip
It was an all-out race to seize the best German scientists and technologies. America won.
http://www.airforcemag.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2007/June%202007/0607paperclip.aspx
Nazi Medical Experimentation: The Ethics Of Using Medical Data From Nazi Experiments.
Following World War II, leading Nazi doctors were brought to justice before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. The trial of the doctors revealed evidence of sadistic human experiment. Many scholars are now discovering in reputable medical literature multiple references to Nazi experiments, or republished works of former Nazi doctor’s. Is this appropriate?
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/naziexp.html
Unit 731 - Nightmare in Manchuria (History Channel).
Japanese biological warfare atrocities under their Unit 731 facility. Experiments included testing plague and other diseases on live humans, live vivisection and other horrifying experiments. Most of the perpetrators were given full immunity by the American government, because U.S. scientists were anxious to obtain detailed records of the data.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgtIyNRv3g8
Remembering Wernher von Braun on his 100th Birthday.
This article discusses the life and achievements of Werner von Braun, the father of modern space flight, and an active Nazi during WWII. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/space/remembering-wernher-von-braun-on-his-100th-birthday/
Was Nazi science good science?
This article discusses whether Nazi science was done using true, unbiased, scientific methods. http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2008/12/04/was-nazi-science-good-science/
Consequentialism
Consequentialism says that right or wrong depend on the consequences of an act, and that the more good consequences are produced, the better the act.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/introduction/consequentialism_1.shtml
“The Law of Human Nature”, “Some Objections”, “The Reality of the Law”.
These chapters discuss the evidence for a natural moral law, a "rule about right and wrong" known to all peoples. Examples of how Hitler’s actions were viewed by others is cited.
Lewis, C.S. Mere Christianity (2002). New York: Harper Collins.
Chapters 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3.
http://lib.ru/LEWISCL/mere_engl.txt
Machiaveli, N. The Prince (1981). New York: Penguin Books, Ltd. Chapter 18.
This chapters describes how leaders must use cunning and force if necessary to maintain power.
http://www.constitution.org/mac/prince18.htm
This article discusses ethical norms and how they affect what actions are acceptable and unacceptable in scientific research. http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/resources/bioethics/whatis/
Information From Unethical Experiments.
This article discusses how data produced by unethical means might be used properly.
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/medical-ethics/code-medical-ethics/opinion230.page
Guideline to Prevent Malevolent Use of Biomedical Research
This article discusses how physicians and researchers must take are to identify any potential harms that could result from their research and strive to eliminate them.
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/medical-ethics/code-medical-ethics/opinion2078.page
USA vs USSR Fight! The Cold War: Crash Course World History #39.
A quick and humorous summary of the cold war.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9HjvHZfCUI
Operation Paperclip: Protecting Nazis.
This video tells the story of how at the end of WWII the US publically was committed to prosecuting all potential Nazi war criminals, yet at the same time secretly, and illegally, elocated many of them to the US because of their technical expertise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19vGQDbEiD4
Project Paperclip: Dark side of the Moon.
Sixty years ago the US hired Nazi scientists to lead pioneering projects, such as the race to conquer space. These men provided the US with cutting-edge technology which still leads the way today, but at a cost.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4443934.stm
Project Paperclip
It was an all-out race to seize the best German scientists and technologies. America won.
http://www.airforcemag.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2007/June%202007/0607paperclip.aspx
Nazi Medical Experimentation: The Ethics Of Using Medical Data From Nazi Experiments.
Following World War II, leading Nazi doctors were brought to justice before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. The trial of the doctors revealed evidence of sadistic human experiment. Many scholars are now discovering in reputable medical literature multiple references to Nazi experiments, or republished works of former Nazi doctor’s. Is this appropriate?
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/naziexp.html
Unit 731 - Nightmare in Manchuria (History Channel).
Japanese biological warfare atrocities under their Unit 731 facility. Experiments included testing plague and other diseases on live humans, live vivisection and other horrifying experiments. Most of the perpetrators were given full immunity by the American government, because U.S. scientists were anxious to obtain detailed records of the data.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgtIyNRv3g8
Remembering Wernher von Braun on his 100th Birthday.
This article discusses the life and achievements of Werner von Braun, the father of modern space flight, and an active Nazi during WWII. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/space/remembering-wernher-von-braun-on-his-100th-birthday/
Was Nazi science good science?
This article discusses whether Nazi science was done using true, unbiased, scientific methods. http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2008/12/04/was-nazi-science-good-science/
Consequentialism
Consequentialism says that right or wrong depend on the consequences of an act, and that the more good consequences are produced, the better the act.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/introduction/consequentialism_1.shtml
“The Law of Human Nature”, “Some Objections”, “The Reality of the Law”.
These chapters discuss the evidence for a natural moral law, a "rule about right and wrong" known to all peoples. Examples of how Hitler’s actions were viewed by others is cited.
Lewis, C.S. Mere Christianity (2002). New York: Harper Collins.
Chapters 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3.
http://lib.ru/LEWISCL/mere_engl.txt
Machiaveli, N. The Prince (1981). New York: Penguin Books, Ltd. Chapter 18.
This chapters describes how leaders must use cunning and force if necessary to maintain power.
http://www.constitution.org/mac/prince18.htm