Robert J. MacG. Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in sci.stat.edu:
> The question is: is it considered ethical until proved otherwise, or
>vice versa? The answer seems to boil down to the purpose: if it's being
>done primarily for profit, political advantage, or to sell newspapers or
>TV ads, then it's assumed ethical; if it's done primarily to advance
>knowledge, or the test the efficacy or safety of a product, it's, by
>default, assumed unethical.
Now _I_ want to sit next to you on that cynicism bench. What you say
is depressingly true.
--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Cortland County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's
been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/
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