- Choose and articulate your perspective on the ethics of Milgram's methods using at least one citation from a credible source. What are the assumptions about ethics in research that underly this perspective?
Do you believe the results and learnings about human nature from Milgram's experiment outweigh the stress and distress that the participants endured?
Or do you believe that the wellbeing of participants outweighs any learning and knowledge about human nature that can be gained through subjecting participants to uncomfortable and stressful experiments?
What assumptions underly this perspective?
- Now consider and seek to articulate a different, perhaps almost 'opposite' perspective on Milgram's methods using at least one citation from a credible source. What are the assumptions about ethics in research that underly this perspective?
For example, let's say in part 1 you wrote that you personally believe that the knowledge gained from Milgram's methods outweighs any ethical questions and harm done to participants.
In this section, you would articulate, in a sense, an 'opposite' perspective. In part 2, you might articulate the worldview that participants should never be harmed or stressed in research because participant wellbeing and ethics are more important than any knowledge gained. Explain why it's understandable that a person may have this perspective and worldview. What are the assumptions that underly this perspective?
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