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• Since the Nazi era, the study of history and most of the humanities – including philosophy, religion, and ethics – has been overshadowed by an emphasis on utilitarian science and technology. As a result, few people recognize the foreboding similarities between current policies and those under the Nazi regime.
• The Nuremberg Code is the most authoritative, internationally recognized document in the history of medical ethics. This landmark document was formulated in response to the evidence of medical atrocities committed by Nazi physicians and scientists.
• The Code sets forth moral boundaries for research involving human beings.
• The Nuremberg Code rejects the ideology of Eugenics and unequivocally asserts the primacy and dignity of the individual human being – as opposed to “the greater good of society.”
• the Nuremberg Code holds doctors and research investigators personally responsible to ensure the human subjects’ safety, and to ensure that the person freely gives his voluntary, fully-informed consent. The standards of the Nuremberg Code are incorporated in the International Criminal Code. They are legally applicable today – in peacetime and durin...