There is no chance of this sort of thing being allowed in any non-evil political climate.
Would it were that this were so.
It's more a matter of what evil means. If it is allowed, that's worth a good many points in the evil column of the report card.
It certainly has happened in climates, than which we know of more evil ones, but that case was enabled by the general lack of human regard for the class of people experimented on.
Another month has passed and here is a new rationality quotes thread. The usual rules are: