https://x.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/1855182600093995139
They're talking about this amazing event in the history of ethics where a woman curing her own breast cancer was considered unethical for ??? reasons. https://t.co/iK2cvDbPzX pic.twitter.com/kzOphUx1zi
— Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) November 9, 2024
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03647-0
In choosing to self-experiment, Halassy joins a long line of scientists who have participated in this under-the-radar, stigmatized and ethically fraught practice. "It took a brave editor to publish the report," says Halassy.
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Ethics is (unfortunately) pure
The real ethical questions have long been answered imo, and reasonable guidelines developed, so all thats left is over-analysing and ivory tower masturbation by overthinking hypotheticals until they bear no semblance to reality.
Whats the ethical problem here, obviously you have the right to experiment on yourself, no ethicist has the right to say youre not allowed to. It just has to be voluntary.
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