The Ethics of Consent. Theory and Practice

Description

Consent is a basic component of the ethics of human relations, making permissible a wide range of conduct that would otherwise be wrongful. Consent marks the difference between slavery and employment, permissible sexual relations and rape, borrowing or selling and theft, medical treatment and battery, participation in research and being a human guinea pig. This book assembles the contributions of a distinguished group of scholars concerning the ethics of consent in theory and practice. Part One addresses theoretical perspectives on the nature and moral force of consent, and its relationship to key ethical concepts, such as autonomy and paternalism. Part Two examines consent in a broad range of contexts, including sexual relations, contracts, selling organs, political legitimacy, medicine, and research.

Readership: Philosophers, legal scholars, biethics, students of philosophy, law, and medicine

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Part One: Theoretical Perspectives
• 1. The Nature of Consent, John Kleinig
• 2. A History of Consent in Western Thought, David Johnston
• 3. Autonomy and Consent, Tom Beauchamp
• 4. Preface to the Theory of Transactions: Beyond Valid Consent, Franklin G. Miller and Alan Wertheimer
• 5. Paternalism and Consent, Douglas Husak
• 6. Hypothetical Consent, Arthur Kuflik
• 7. Consent to Harm, Vera Bergelson
• Part Two: Domains of Consent
• 8. Consent to Sexual Relations, Alan Wertheimer
• 9. Sex, Law, and Consent, Robin West
• 10. Contracts, Brian Bix
• 11. Consent with Inducements: The Case of Body Parts and Services, Janet Radcliffe Richards
• 12. Political Obligation and Consent, A. John Simmons
• 13. Advances in Informed Consent Research, Philip Candilis and Charles Lidz
• 14. Consent to Medical Care: The Importance of Fiduciary Context, Steven Joffe and Robert Truog
• 15. Consent to Clinical Research, Franklin G. Miller