The Use of Nazi Experimental "
During World War II the use of prisoners in concentration camps were used in savage and inhuman experiments by the Nazis. After the war 20 doctors were charged with War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity. The Nuremberg trial of the doctors revealed the sadistic tests they performed on human subjects. Since the Nuremberg trials, our society is quite aware that the Nazi doctors are more than guilty of deliberate murder that Nazi doctors claimed was "research". Professional modern medicine can easily label the Nazi doctors as evil, heartless men. But then why is the use of the Nazi doctors "medical research" still continued to be in use? It is quite the ethical dilemma. Is it appropriate to use data as morally sickening as that taken out from victims of Nazism?
The pain and suffering in which concentration camp inmates felt, physically, mentally and emotionally cannot be denied. Despite arguments that the Nazi experiments were unscientific, the data does still exist. Author Kristine Moe suggested that by using the experimental data perhaps we can find some good from evil: "Nor, however, should we let the inhumanity of such experiments blind us to the possibility that some "good" may be salvaged from the ashes. The experiments were purposely designed to terminate the subjects. The point is, good can come from evil, life can come from death. They endured incredible suffering, mutilation, and indescribable pain. Once the person dies, doctors must very quickly extract the heart before it is no longer beneficial for further use. Therefore, the data should be used, when people's lives are on the stake. Although the data is unmoral and covered with the inhumanity of the past, you cannot escape the fact that perhaps it can be used to save lives and benefit us somehow. This is considered murder; obviously the doctor would then be severely punished, BUT, what about the murdered heart? Would they just throw it away even though they would have a chance of using it to save another's life? Withholding the heart from someone in need of it could also be considered a type of murder in some perspectives. " As an example, lets imagine that a dying person agrees to donate their heart after their death. Lets say the doctor "pulls the plug" on the dying donor so that the heart will have a better chance to be in use for the next person, so the heart will not lose its worthiness. Some doctors today believe that the "data" which was obtained by the Nazi doctors should not be used because it has no scientific value or it is a hideous crime, which revealed nothing modern medicine can use. Although the data's untested potential to save lives is not exactly the same as a healthy heart, there is still potential, still a chance that the data can save lives, or perhaps already has.
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