Steven Miles on APA referendum victory
September 18th, 2008
I here promote a comment by bioethicist Steven Miles that was posted on yesterday’s statement by the Coalition for an Ethical APA on the passage of the American Psychological Association referendum:
This is an very important referendum but it is more of a turning point than a resolution.
PENS and the APA leadership and the APA-DoD partnership that created this debacle that has tarnished the reputation of psychology still stands. This vote rejects the APA leadership and the PENS process. Accordingly, the APA must also annul the PENS process and report in its entiriety.
This resolution rejected the arguments of Dr. Behnke, its ethics director. He is unfit for duty and should be discharged. This resolution rejects the premise that led APA to block complaints on identified psychologists who abused prisoners. Those complaints shoul be reopened.
Steven Miles
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