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Response to Sheehan et al’s ‘In defence of governance: ethics review and social research’
Abstract
This response welcomes Sheehan et al’s discussion of the criticisms that have been made of mandatory, pre-emptive ethics regulation and their outline of a philosophical rationale for it. However, it is argued that they misrepresent some of the key criticisms and fail to provide any effective response to them.
- ethics
- ethics committees/consultation
- research ethics
- sociology
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