tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post112812296049621495..comments2024-02-15T03:29:30.431-06:00Comments on Rome of the West: Between 150 and 500 PeopleMark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-1128192346010045402005-10-01T13:45:00.000-05:002005-10-01T13:45:00.000-05:00Jed,"For the good of society" was abused in severa...Jed,<BR/><BR/>"For the good of society" was abused in several ways. Doctors used prisoners for medical experiments: shooting them to study gunshot wounds, putting them in water until they died to investigate hypothermia and so forth. This may have saved more people than were killed, but this is gravely immoral. Also, a group of patients with syphilis were left untreated so as to investigate how the disease progresed, even after a cure for syphilis was available. Populations of towns were exposed to radioactive dust released from aircraft to see potential health effects. These experiments were not for the good of the patient, but "for the good of society". These problems occur when humans are not given objective individual value.Mark S. Abelnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-1128190992280179312005-10-01T13:23:00.000-05:002005-10-01T13:23:00.000-05:00I don't understand what your getting at. Surely th...I don't understand what your getting at. Surely the 'good of society' is in the best interest of the patient.<BR/>A cleaner enviroment and a more healthier society will ultimately lead to a better way of life for all?<BR/>I do agree though that abortion is out of control and the idea of lowering the population would in some way make for a better world to live in, is a ridiculas argument.<BR/>I don't believe that population control is the answer but a better understanding between nations as to the needs of each community is what is lacking.<BR/>Although many actavist in the 50s and 60s were protesting for a loosening of social binds I still believe that a lot more good came out of those protest than badAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com