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"Does Hitler have a right to privacy?" and other big questions in research ethics. (mander.xyz)
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[–] -1 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

Hitler himself was unique, so there's always value to studying what made him that way. Even if the research shows his genes aren't relevant to his evil, that's a valuable finding.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago*

    Everybody is unique. Unless I'm an historian, I think there's more harm than good in selecting Hilter of all people as the source for that data.

    Like if we want to add context to events in Hitlers life, then this could be useful. But our social discourse isn't immune to narratives that would seek to blame an individual's genetics for a social ideology / inevitable historic symptom of runaway global capitalism.

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