DISCLAIMER The following is a staff memorandum or other working document prepared for the members of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments. It should not be construed as representing the final conclusions of fact or interpretation of the issues. All staff memoranda are subject to revision based on further information and analysis. For conclusions and recommendations of the Advisory Committee, readers are advised to consult the Final Report to be published in 1995. þþþDRAFT þ FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLYþþþ MEMORANDUM TO: Members of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments FROM: Advisory Committee Staff DATE: January 10, 1995 RE: Overview of Tab E This Tab contains two memoranda prepared by Allen Buchanan: 1. A revised version of his memorandum entitled "Ethical Relativism and Retrospective Moral Judgment;" (E-1) and 2. A short companion memorandum entitled "Ethical Criteria." (E-2) The first memorandum was revised in light of Committee discussion at the last meeting. In addition to incorporating Committee suggestions, the revised version includes new material on the issues of culpability on the part of agents of the government, and culpability of individual investigators and of the medical profession. We suggest that the second memorandum be kept at hand for reference while reading the first one. c:\wpwin60\wpdocs\briefing.010\rad.ret (tcs) c:\wpwin60\wpdocs\briefing.010\rad.ret (tcs)