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Educational Benefit

Within the framework of the debate between Ramsey and McCormick (see Module "The Ramsey-McCormick Debate1"), William G. Bartholome put forward the argument for an educational benefit. Brock's deliberations are based upon three types of benefit that may justify research involving minors, namely (1) (direct) "medical benefit to the child", (2) educational benefit ("nonmedical benefit to the child") and (3) "benefit to others", with the author additionally drawing upon a fairness argument in the latter case.

Bartholome, W. G. (1976). Parents, Children, and the Moral Benefits of Research. Hastings Center Report, 6(6), 44–45. https://doi.org/10.2307/35611492

Brock, D. W. (1994). Ethical Issues in Exposing Children to Risk in Research. In M. A.Grodin & L. H. Glantz (Hrsg.), Children as Research Subjects. Science, Ethics, and Law (pp. 81–101). Oxford University Press. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/children-as-research-subjects-9780195071030?cc=de&lang=en&3

Links

  1. https://www.drze.de/en/research-publications/in-focus/medical-research-involving-minors/modules/the-ramsey-mccormick-debate
  2. https://doi.org/10.2307/3561149
  3. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/children-as-research-subjects-9780195071030?cc=de&lang=en&