On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Belmont Report-one of the foundational documents of modern research ethics-this article reviews the ethical debate about the social value of health-related research with human participants. It shows that the Belmont Report discusses the social value of research only cursorily, much like most of the research ethics literature until recently. The article then reviews the current debate and open questions about the social value of health-related research, organized around three questions: (1) is social value a necessary ethical requirement for health-related research with human participants? (2) if so, how should a social value requirement should be specified? and (3) how should such a requirement be implemented in practice?

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判断健康相关研究的社会价值：当前的争论和未决问题

在贝尔蒙特报告——现代研究伦理的基础文件之一——发表 40 周年之际，本文回顾了人类参与者关于健康相关研究的社会价值的伦理辩论。它表明贝尔蒙特报告只是粗略地讨论了研究的社会价值，就像直到最近的大多数研究伦理文献一样。然后，文章回顾了当前关于健康相关研究的社会价值的争论和开放性问题，围绕三个问题进行组织：（1）社会价值是否是人类参与者进行健康相关研究的必要伦理要求？(2) 如果是，应如何规定社会价值要求？(3) 这样的要求在实践中应该如何实施？