“Prisoners should be allowed to volunteer for medical experiments in exchange for reduced sentences”
Agree
- Advances science for everyone's benefit
- Gives prisoners agency and purpose
- They can make informed choices
- Could save lives through research
- Better than rotting in a cell
Disagree
- Creates coercive environment
- Echoes Nazi medical experiments
- Prisoners can't truly consent
- Exploits vulnerable populations
- Violates basic human dignity
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