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Special Episode: Engineering the Apocalypse
Making Sense with Sam Harris
Challenge Trials and Morality
Lawyers are involved in challenge trials, and that's one reason why we don't see them. Another reason is that doctors are deeply squeamish about imperiling anyone in their care. An important moral dimension to consider about challenge trials is the mind set of the volunteers. They're probably signing because they're willing to take a risk to help fight something awful that threatens society. So should it reject people who volunteer for challenge trials? These aren't hypothetical beings. By the way, tens of thousands of people have volunteered to participate in covid challenge trials. Ovuna organization called one day sooner, and no one's taken them up on that offer. I could fill a pod cask twice
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