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Article: Biomedical Research and Beyond: Expanding the Ethics of Inquiry.(Briefly Noted)(Book review)
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- First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life
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- April 1, 2008
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BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND BEYOND: EXPANDING THE ETHICS OF INQUIRY by Christopher O. Tollefsen Routledge, 229 pages, $95
Though Aristotle taught that "all men by nature desire to know," surprisingly little attention has been paid to how we should go about fulfilling this desire. What are the norms that should govern our pursuit of knowledge? May medical researchers withhold facts from clinical test subjects? Can they use embryos? Is it permissible for intelligence agents to torture those they interrogate? May journalists hide their true identities and infiltrate closed communities to write exposes? Is there a truth for humanities scholars to seek, and, if so, can they avoid ...
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