2008-10-23, 03:50 PM
Maslow's conditioning experiments (with the baby) were in the early 20th century, where there were no "limits" to experimentation. It was after his experiments+others that researches need to go through informed consent/debriefings/etc. The baby probably grew up being scared of everything with fur, but no one knows.
But even with ethical limits to research, it's hard to draw the line of what's right and wrong. Also, even if it is wrong, what if it was worth it? What if someone who can possibly find a cure for cancer but needs to injects a healthy person with cancer?
But even with ethical limits to research, it's hard to draw the line of what's right and wrong. Also, even if it is wrong, what if it was worth it? What if someone who can possibly find a cure for cancer but needs to injects a healthy person with cancer?