Judging the Past: The Case of the Human Radiation Experiments

Hastings Center Report 26 (3):25-30 (1996)
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Our reluctance to measure the morality of past practices is more than a nagging problem for moral theorists. The legitimacy of retrospective moral judgment has fundamental implications for how practices and institutions should be viewed, and judged, now.

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