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An Ethical Criticism On The Nazi's Human Experimentation Of Germany In The World War Ⅱ

Posted on:2008-11-10Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:G Q LuoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360215487097Subject:Ethics
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The Nazi's human experimentation carried out by physician's inNazi concentration camps can be understood only with. its context andbackground. Profound and disturbing questions arise concerning howand why physicians were able to engage in these medical crimes andatrocities that even today stand as exemplars of evil? The ethicsreasons of Nazi's human experimentation consist of supermanmorality and racialism ethics thoughts. Superman morality leads tomaster morality and slave morality. Master morality and slavemorality bring about Nazi human experimentation. Racialism ethicsthoughts strengthen superman morality. From the ethics aspects,superman morality is "the theory base" of Nazi's humanexperimentation is "the scientific base" of Nazi's humanexperimentation. Can we apply the data from these experimentations?The answer should be "no". Because of the need for integrationbetween ethics and scientific inquiry is critical for the well being of asociety that promotes individual rights. As difficult as it is, thisintegration must be enhanced and developed. The Nazi's humanexperimentation, which killed many human subjects, betrayed thediscipline of bioethics such as the principle of consent and so on. Thedata of the Nazi's human experimentation could be applied in themodel territorial of science or not, the answer is no. The key to thisissue is to make sure which is the terminal goal. between sciencerequirement and ethic principle. The Nazi doctors and scientists mustanswer for their cruel activities and undertake the moral responsibility.Though, with time's flowing, the atrocities of Nazi's humanexperimentation has died away from people's memory, what theNazi's human experimentation left is not only the data which has brought to us much confusion, but also the painful choice that wherecould human go when their Ethic disciplines are crashed by thoseatrocities.
Keywords/Search Tags:Nazi's human experimentation, bioethics application of data, logic of morality, moral responsibility
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