The Best Argument Against Replacing the Question of the Acceptability

question 5

Multiple Choice

The best argument against replacing the question of the acceptability of technology with its acceptability as a social experiment is

• A) most experiments are ruled unethical anyway.
• B) this approach does not replace the question of the acceptability of the technology.
• C) social experiments are too easy to justify.
• D) research ethics assumes deontology.

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