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Dec 8 2025 09:42am
Discussion: Unit 731, the Nuremberg Code, and the Cost of Knowledge


During WWII, Japan’s secret Unit 731 and Nazi doctors conducted inhumane human experiments. These acts are crimes against humanity — yet some modern medical and survival knowledge was accelerated using data gathered through these atrocities (especially in trauma, hypothermia, and disease).

The Nuremberg Code was created in response, establishing informed consent and strict limits on human research.

This leaves an uncomfortable question:

If life-saving knowledge comes from immoral acts, should it ever be used?

A ) Never — using it benefits from suffering
B ) Only with full acknowledgement and strict limits
C ) Yes — data is separate from how it was obtained

There is no easy answer. Which do you lean toward, and why?
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Barring you had nothing to do with the immoral act or exposing privacy of individuals or their relatives etc. knowledge is knowledge and if its lifesaving should be used. In fact it would be immoral not to use life saving knowledge.

Otherwise the victims died/suffered for nothing. At the very least you can learn of what not to do, our existence depends on learning from mistakes whether they be our own or someone else's.

For example communism killed far more people than nazis yet for some reason people don't consider that as inhumane or crimes against humanity. People who practice and actively support communism should either be locked up or have their citizenship revoked for treason so that we dont have to ever repeat countless deaths and suffering in the future. We have knowledge and first hand experience from many people who had to go through that ordeal. Lets not waste that knowledge.

This post was edited by addone on Dec 10 2025 03:53am
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For example communism killed far more people than nazis yet for some reason people don't consider that as inhumane or crimes against humanity. People who practice and actively support communism should either be locked up or have their citizenship revoked for treason so that we dont have to ever repeat countless deaths and suffering in the future. We have knowledge and first hand experience from many people who had to go through that ordeal. Lets not waste that knowledge.


Religion has killed even more yet we don't throw people in jail just because they think the all powerful creator of the universe says they can't jack off. I don't think throwing people in jail for just for their ideologies is a great idea mein fuhrer
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Religion has killed even more yet we don't throw people in jail just because they think the all powerful creator of the universe says they can't jack off. I don't think throwing people in jail for just for their ideologies is a great idea mein fuhrer


Those very same people would crucify you for spelling god with a lower case g.
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Those very same people would crucify you for spelling god with a lower case g.


why do you say that?
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