SOCI 217 Lecture 5: Ethical Issues in Social Research
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Is it ethical to use knowledge that is gained in an unethical way: pro, it"s already been produced there is nothing you can do to change that now, so you might as well use it if it benefits the population now (just don"t continue the research if it"s unethical, it"s fine to use it as long as you use it in an ethical way, con, don"t use knowledge to avoid setting precedent (encourages people to gather more research in an unethical way, can be seen as encouraging this type of research behavior.
