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Does peer benefit justify research on incompetent individuals? The same-population condition in codes of research ethics.

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Summary, in English

Research on incompetent humans raises ethical challenges, especially when there is no direct benefit to these research subjects. Contemporary codes of research ethics typically require that such research must specifically serve to benefit the population to which the research subjects belong. The article critically examines this "same-population condition", raising issues of both interpretation and moral justification. Of particular concern is the risk that the way in which the condition is articulated and rationalized in effect disguises or downplays the instrumentalization of incompetent individuals.

Department/s

Publishing year

2012

Language

English

Pages

287-294

Publication/Series

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volume

15

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Medical Ethics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1572-8633