Have We Learned Anything from the Tuskegee Experiment? |
In his latest Bastiat’s Window post, Bob Graboyes looks at the infamous Tuskegee Experiment, where government officials treated individuals as expendable pawns in their quest to improve society. After providing much detail about the experiment and the eugenics movement in general, he asks if we have learned anything.
He argues that while everyone condemns the Tuskegee Experiment, we continue to do the same general thing — letting authorities and supposed experts play at social improvement at the expense of individuals.
WHAT CAN WE LEARN TODAY FROM TUSKEGEE? We today do not inhabit an enlightened world where the........