SA 255 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Benefice, Scientific Racism, Applied Ethics

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 255
• Professor: Samantha May

Document Summary

Midterm feb. 16th: use social science articles, focus on critical re ection, discussion, and clear writing, mc, short answer, and essay(s)! Code of conduct: governs professional practices and promote integrity! Scientists cannot deceive participants vs. scientists are justi ed to deceive for scienti c knowledge! Applied ethics (a form of ethical examination)! Nuremburg code (1949): voluntary consent, fruitful results for societal good, animal study rst, avoid unnecessary suffering/injury, no risk of death/disablement, risk never exceeds humanitarian importance, proper precautions to protect subject, scienti cally quali ed researchers! ix. Three principles to guide research: respect, bene ce, justice! *tri-council policy statement (2014) : underlying value: respect human dignity, three interdisciplinary core principles: ! Tuesday, january 26, 2016: respect for persons: respect/protect autonomy, concern for welfare: person"s quality of life, justice: treat ppl fairly and equitably! Authority gures operate in secrecy against greater good -douglas (1976)! Too general for practical application -punch (1998)!