Discuss Two Similarities and Two Differences in the Ethical Choices

question 22

Essay

Discuss two similarities and two differences in the ethical choices that quantitative social science researchers might have to make when using human participants in a study versus interpretive or critical researchers who are studying an artifact or text.

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Definitions:

Legal System

The comprehensive framework of rules and institutions established by a society to regulate conduct, resolve disputes, and enforce laws.

Law of Equity

A branch of law that deals with fairness, rectifying wrongs, and providing remedies that are not available in common law.

Law and Morality

Refers to the relationship and distinction between the legal rules governing a society and the ethical principles that underlie them.

Stare Decisis

The legal principle of determining points in litigation according to precedent, maintaining consistency and predictability in the law.