title: How children can be respected as 'ends' yet still be used as subjects in non-therapeutic research.
abstract: The question of whether or not children may be used as subjects in non-therapeutic research projects has generated a great deal of debate and received answers varying from 'no, never' to 'yes, if societal interests are served'. It has been claimed that a Kantian, deontological ethics would necessarily rule out such research, since valid consent would be impossible. The present paper gives a deontological argument for allowing children to be subjects in certain types of research.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D028663:Ethical Theory; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006805:Human Experimentation; D006801:Humans; D035863:Moral Development; D028681:Moral Obligations; D033281:Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation; D033282:Parental Consent; D010684:Philosophy; D012106:Research; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014481:United States