RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The case for a duty to research: not yet proven
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 329
OP 330
DO 10.1136/medethics-2013-101370
VO 40
IS 5
A1 Iain Brassington
YR 2014
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/40/5/329.abstract
AB In this commentary on ‘Why participating in (certain) scientific research is a moral duty’, I take issue with a number of Stjernschantz Forsberg et al's claims. Though abiding by the terms of a contract might be obligatory, this won't show that those terms themselves indicate a duty—even allowing that there's a contract to begin with. Meanwhile, though we might have reasons to participate, not all reasons are moral reasons, and the paper does not establish that the reasons here are moral in character.