(Scenario I) Suppose De keersmaecker & Roets (2017) recruited only registered Democratic voters to participate in their study, and for their initial vignette presented participants with misinformation about Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate. Which ethical principle would they have violated?
A) beneficence
B) respect for persons
C) justice
D) All principles would have been violated.

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The principle of justice would be violated because the study would not be distributing the benefits and burdens of research fairly by only including registered Democratic voters and presenting misinformation about a Democratic candidate, potentially biasing the study and not treating all groups equally.

(Scenario I) Suppose De Keersmaecker & Roets (2017) Recruited Only