many unethical means of gaining information or knowledge. Some of the more famous cases include‚ The Milgram Obedience and Authority experiment‚ The Stanford Prison experiment‚ and of course the Abu Ghraib scandal involving our own U.S. soldiers. While two of these instances were not intended to cause physical harm‚ they were all branded unethical due to the extent of not only the physical abuses that took place‚ but the painful psychological impact it left on those involved. One experiment‚ called
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controversial issue has been whether or not Milgram’s experiment was based on the ethical conflict between obedience to authority versus personal conscience. On the one hand‚ some argue that it was ethical because it would explain Nazi behavior. From this perspective‚ Milgram believed that all it was just human aggression held deep within and when given the chance to let it out‚ people would. On the other hand‚ however‚ others argue that his experiment was unethical because he damaged people mentally and emotionally
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Is it fair to deceive humans in an unethical psychological experiment in order to receive new information? This is a question that I believe needs to be asked when one thinks of the Milgram experiment‚ a psychological study set up in the U.S in 1965. American psychologist Stanley Milgram held an experiment in order to see how severely ordinary human beings could knowingly cause harm to another human. This idea came about when he studied the holocaust in Germany in WWII‚ and then in the Nuremberg
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of knowledge‚ however there have been some experiments carried out that have had serious negative consequences on their test subjects. Two experiments of this type are the ‘Little Albert’ experiment where a child was conditioned to fear a white rat to test whether fear is innate or conditional. The second experiment was carried out on young orphans to find out if stuttering was a genetic trait or something that can be cured or induced. Both experiments left their subjects permanently affected and
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Brianna Hogan Oct. 16‚ 2013 Psychology Surgical Experiments Throughout the 1840’s on the east coast of the United States‚ J. Marion Sims‚ “the father of Gynecology” performed surgical experiments on enslaved African women who were suffering from fistula problems‚ against their will‚ without any anesthesia. That is a very painful procedure to go through with unclean tools and no medicine to ease the pain. Only one out of thirty patients survived. In order to test one of his theories about the
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past few decades. With harsh conditions and unethical treatments‚ the understanding of animal testing is very important. From over-the-counter medications to experiments on cures of chronic illnesses‚ animals were used in one way or another. Unfortunately‚ not all experiments given to animals involved a tasty snack or a simple treat. Many experiments involved several incidents of agony and pain without relief. Not knowing the effects that certain experiments have on animals is not only causing pain
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Psychologists use animals in their research to either get a better understanding of human thinking and behaviors or to find out more about the species they are studying. There are many reasons experiments can be unethical‚ but in some cases animal research can really benefit science. Using animals to experiment on is very controversial‚ and there are many groups and organizations fighting to protect animals rights. Finding ways to reduce animal research‚ and make it as ethical as possible is important
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Animal testing has been a debate for 30 years as the practice raises ethical and moral questions. Each year‚ more than 100 million animals are killed in the United States ("Experiments on Animals: Overview”). Animal testing is the procedure where animals are used for testing of drugs‚ cosmetic‚ food‚ and chemical testing. It is done before human trials take place so that researchers and scientists can modify the product before asking human testers to try it. With the current technology‚ the debate
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torture. Scientists perform experiments on animals in a bid to test the safety other products and to develop new drugs for treating a wide range of diseases. In most cases‚ the experiments cause a lot of pain to the animals used as subjects‚ often significantly reducing the quality of their lives in many ways. If causing suffering to animals is morally wrong‚ then experimenting on them is a more serious offence because it causes serious moral problems. Scientists who experiment with animals clearly understand
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Abstract Harry Harlow is well known for his experiment on monkeys. He majored with these primates’ specimens to study learning‚ cognition and memory. His experiments involved the separation of the newly born monkeys from their mothers. He tried to investigate the significance of baby’s love. Since the young monkeys were brought up in diapers‚ he observed that as they continued to grow‚ they had a tendency appreciating their older diapers. Additionally‚ he found that the young monkeys felt safe while
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