Throughout human history, there have been multiple advances in technology and research. The medical field is one of the fields of study where there have been many innovations. To make these breakthroughs, experimentation is needed. To make better medicine or have more successful surgeries experimentation, especially human experimentation, is needed. Through the course of history the ethics of human research has always been questioned. How rigorous should these experiments be? Who are allowed to be subjects? How much can it harm the subjects till it is considered unethical? Should the experiments be consented or be done in secret? Or should human experimentation be done at all? These are common questions that appear in the ethics behind human …show more content…
When a person is in dire need of some money, volunteering to partake in an experiment will help them earn money fast. More often than not, the scientists behind the experimentation will often pay a lot of money to the subjects. According to the Washington Post, “The Department of Health and Human Services funds the most research on human subjects”. Additionally, when a the subject joins to be part of an experiment , they often want to help the general public. When the subject learns that the experiment that they partook in was successful, they would probably feel good about themselves because they would believe that they were part of the reason that many people are being helped through the results of the experiment. One the other hand, if the experiment turns out badly and there are temporary negative side effects, the subject would also feel contented with the fact that they stopped a lethal drug or experiment result from harming other people. Although there might be negative sides to partaking in an experiment,more often than not the subjects of the experiment are satisfied for being a part of it whether it is the money or that they want to help the general