This short film describes the three basic ethical principles that underlie research involving human subjects: respect for persons, beneficience, and justice. The film illustrates their application in case studies of biomedical and behavioral research; it also shows the principles at work in the resolution of ethical conflicts. These guiding principles are intended to protect research subjects, even as medicine and research continue to change over time.

Ted Kennedy
Himself (stock footage)
Carl Kupfer
Himself / Director of the National Eye Institute
Frederick Ferris
Himself
Albert B. Sabin
Himself
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The Captains63%
Extremis69%
This Changes Everything62%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
For Sama82%
Public Speaking70%
Elstree 197661%
Report61%
Samsara80%
Wick Is Pain74%
These Amazing Shadows73%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button69%
A Plastic Ocean75%
That's Entertainment! III70%