What are the three core principles outlined in the Belmont Report?

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The Belmont Report identifies three guiding ethical principles for research with human subjects: Respect for Persons, Beneficence, and Justice. Respect for Persons means treating individuals as autonomous agents and protecting those with diminished autonomy through voluntary, informed consent. Beneficence involves maximizing potential benefits while minimizing possible harms to participants, carefully weighing risks and benefits. Justice requires fair distribution of the burdens and benefits of research, ensuring that no group is unfairly targeted or excluded from potential benefits.

The other options mix related ideas—privacy, do no harm, or informed consent—as concepts or procedures rather than the three named principles—whereas the Belmont Report explicitly names Respect for Persons, Beneficence, and Justice.