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Health Research and Social Justice Philosophy
Author(s) -
Venkatapuram Sridhar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.1002/hast.1197
Subject(s) - injustice , economic justice , social justice , political philosophy , research ethics , social philosophy , politics , sociology , social injustice , engineering ethics , environmental ethics , medical research , philosophy of medicine , social science , epistemology , political science , law , social relation , medicine , alternative medicine , philosophy , engineering , pathology
Abstract Situating medical and scientific research within a framework or theory of social justice is long overdue. Attempting to extend principles of research ethics beyond the clinic and lab to other affected people or consequences tolerates or obfuscates injustice. While it must be done, the timescales, methodologies, and commitment to real‐world impact are quite different in research ethics versus political philosophy .