Maria W. Merritt

TL;DR: The authors argue that holding this conception will indeed cause problems for some important strands of thought in virtue ethics, most notably in the tradition of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, and propose an approach to virtue ethics modeled on David Hume's treatment of virtue and character in A Treatise of Human Nature.

TL;DR: Practical resources available to researchers who seek to incorporate community engagement in their research are summarized and two potential outgrowths of demonstrating respect specifically through community engagement are the production of research that is more relevant to the community and the mitigation of asymmetry in the researcher-community relationship.

TL;DR: An ethical framework for CE is presented, reflecting the belief that the value of CE is realized through relationships between researchers and stakeholders, thereby advancing three distinct ethical goals.

TL;DR: The authors provide an ethical framework for considering researchers' obligations to human research participants in low-income countries.

TL;DR: The goal of this Commentary is to advance the discussion of ancillary care in developing countries addressing 3 issues: focusing on the ethics of researchers’ relationship to the individual participant, the discussion to date has yet to consider studies in which the primary unit of research interest is a group.