LO 7 – Recognise and consider the ethics of choices and actions.
In STEM Club, we have one hour-long debates and discussions about science, technology, engineering and math. We also focus on the aspects of ethics when it comes to scientific experimentation and research practises. One particular discussion my friend and I had revolved around a scientific study about prison inmates and guards where the experiment recruited people to act as prisoners and guards for a couple of weeks. This study let verbal and physical abuse take place and was ended in a couple of weeks because of psychological damage to volunteers and people quitting. We researched the situation as we thought it was ethically and morally wrong and were curious as to how they got permission to create such an experiment just in the name to further science. We also had many other debated about animal testing and alternatives… It was an enlightening experience.