To me and many other in my class we sometimes feel that ethic’s is time consuming and quite irrelevant.
After reading this article and having this years ethic classes i feel that this has become a very important matter in your work especially with your research project.
It is a necessity for you to protect yourself and your subject when doing research thus complying and seeking approval from research committee, inform consent from your subjects and sustaining confidentiality of information gained from subjects.
It is also important to note that it treatment is appropriate and relevant, this you will only obtain through research done on a specific topic i.e US increases wound healing time. When applying any technique to a subject or patient there should be a balance between not doing harm and still making things better for the persons health.
Thus it is important to obtain consent objectively if you know the participant and from the subjects family if he is unable to do so. Overall research should always be done to improve well being and for future reference.
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According to me there are two points of view in each situation. Viewing point number 1: from the Lieutenant Van Loggerenberg. He was a white police official in the South African police force during the apartheid regime. He was brought up in a white house to see black people as nothing and so schooled in hating. He was given an assignment by his superiors to hunt down members of the civic organization. If he was brought up differently in another time frame, things might have been different. He had no choice but to follow orders and do his job in keeping the white South Africa. At that time torture were not illegal and was used on prisoners to obtain information about any ‘illegal’ political movements as the ANC. There were no such thing as human rights or lawyers to protect your rights so something like torture or even killing would go unpunished. I do not agree with what he has done because it is inhuman and unforgivable but luckily times have changed and torture is against the law.
View point number 2: Mr. Dyantyi
Fighting for human rights was held at a highest priority at that time for the black people and dying for your rights was inevitable, that is how dangerous it was and the price to pay for our freedom today. The torture like Mr. Dyantyi and many others received was unbearable and unthinkable but he survived it and forgave them for what they did. Now he is telling us his experience. This has taught us to appreciate what we have today. We take our rights and freedom for granted where others fought for it and died. We need to respect and acknowledge the sacrifices made for us. This was a good article!
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