I recently encountered the debate over whether it's ethical to use data obtained from the human experimentation of the Japanese Unit 731 or Nazi doctors, two groups which perpetrated severe human rights abuses in the name of medical inquiry. However, when examining their experiments, it seems difficult to identify any useful points of inquiry. As a result, I would like to ask: did the human experimentation of Unit 731 or Nazi doctors produce any findings of medical significance?
I’ve read they discovered how to effectively treat hypothermia (but I’m sure we could’ve also discovered that without murdering or torturing innocent people). Imo we shouldn’t ignore the information they did discover; the way the information was found out does not mean we should ignore it if we can prevent further human suffering.