In the past few decades, scientists of human nature—including experimental and cognitive psychologists, neuroscientists, evolutionary theorists, and behaviora
For most of political science's history, discussions about professional ethics had nothing to do with human subjects. Professional ethics involved integrity in
At present, human beings worldwide are using an estimated 115.3 million animals in experiments ”a normalization of the unthinkable on an immense scale. In ter
Social scientists are unprepared for many of the ethical problems that arise in their research, and for criticisms of their ethics that seem to ignore such cher
In recent years, social scientists have engaged in a deep debate over the methods appropriate to their research. Their long reliance on passive observational co