PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - F M Kamm TI - The morality of risks in research: reflections on Kumar AID - 10.1136/medethics-2016-103416 DP - 2017 Feb 01 TA - Journal of Medical Ethics PG - 128--131 VI - 43 IP - 2 4099 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/43/2/128.short 4100 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/43/2/128.full SO - J Med Ethics2017 Feb 01; 43 AB - Reflecting on the contribution by Rahul Kumar to the symposium, I consider the following topics in relation to risks in research: (1) treating someone as a mere means; (2) aggregation; (3) different conceptions of contractualism; (4) uncertainty; (5) paternalism and complicity.