Good ethics can sometimes mean better science: Eesearch ethics and the milgram experiments

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-79

  McArthur, Dan ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Doris; Ethics and experimental social psychology; Harman; Milgram experiments; Research ethics boards; Situational pressures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; NORTH AMERICA; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; NORTH AMERICA; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL;

EID: 59949102129     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-008-9083-4     Document Type: Article

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