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Getting the justification for research ethics review right.

¹The Ethox Centre, Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, Rosemary Rue Building, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK. michael.dunn@ethox.ox.ac.uk

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This commentary refutes claims that mandatory ethical review of human participant research is unethical. It corrects flawed assumptions, arguing the current review model is justified and addressing the research ethics governance problem.

Keywords:

Ethics Committees/Consultation Research Ethics

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Bioethics
Research Ethics Governance

Background:

Mandatory ethical review of human participant research is standard practice.
Dyck and Allen argue this model is unethical due to review process harms.
This commentary challenges the assumptions underlying their ethical critique.

Purpose of the Study:

To correct the assumptions made by Dyck and Allen regarding research ethics governance.
To provide a valid justification for mandatory ethical review.
To reframe the 'governance problem' in research ethics.

Main Methods:

Philosophical analysis of ethical review justifications.
Critique of assumptions presented in Dyck and Allen's work.
Development of an alternative account for research ethics review.

Main Results:

The assumptions underpinning Dyck and Allen's critique are identified as false.
A corrected justificatory account for mandatory ethical review is provided.
The arguments presented by Dyck and Allen are shown to lack force.

Conclusions:

The current model of mandatory ethical review for human participant research is ethically justified.
The 'governance problem' in research ethics requires a different explanation than that offered by Dyck and Allen.