Root Causes
Human
exploitation is an issue that to this day is continuing to cause debate on whether
it’s ethical to test on humans and many wonder what lead to such phenomenon.
One of the root causes of human exploitation for medical/ research purposes is
that in today’s society new viruses and diseases continue to develop and one need
to test new medication to help calm such viruses/bacteria from becoming an epidemic.
The second root cause for my issue is that many people don’t consider testing
on people as unethical because the testing is being done on people of color,
people with disabilities, or people who come from low-income communities. The
final root cause for human exploitation for medical/research purposes is illiteracy
in people that are chosen for such experimentation.
Social and cultural issues are common when discussing human exploitation of people for medical/research purposes. For example it’s a social and cultural issue when the people being exploited are those people of color. During slavery times many slave women were used to test on new surgery procedures because they weren’t considered human beings. Many of my root causes are social and cultural because based on how people are labeled or treated like they will also be treated in a similar manner even when regarding to medical and research purposes. A cultural critical lens that is seen in my issue is that because society looks down upon such groups that don’t fit the “common norm” of their society they feel that it’s okay to treat others like they aren’t anything compared to who they are. For example, because many Germans during World War Two didn’t see the Jewish as people they felt like it was their obligation to put them into concentration camps and test on them like they couldn’t feel what you and I feel.
Social and cultural issues are common when discussing human exploitation of people for medical/research purposes. For example it’s a social and cultural issue when the people being exploited are those people of color. During slavery times many slave women were used to test on new surgery procedures because they weren’t considered human beings. Many of my root causes are social and cultural because based on how people are labeled or treated like they will also be treated in a similar manner even when regarding to medical and research purposes. A cultural critical lens that is seen in my issue is that because society looks down upon such groups that don’t fit the “common norm” of their society they feel that it’s okay to treat others like they aren’t anything compared to who they are. For example, because many Germans during World War Two didn’t see the Jewish as people they felt like it was their obligation to put them into concentration camps and test on them like they couldn’t feel what you and I feel.