Questions tagged [consent]

My friend and I had an argument about the subject. He argued that in some circumstances it should be legal to consent to be killed (e.g. if the dominant kills the submissive during the BDSM session and both are OK with that). I found that idea…

After seeing some videos of Michael Foucault on Power, and also on Noham Chomsky, particularly on the Propoganda machine, on how the state manufactures the consent of public people, and, after hearing all this, one burning question is in my mind.…

If people carried out actions which could potentially harm others, and others consented to the person carrying out the action, is carrying out such an action still ethical? If I were to judge this with the ethical framework of utilitarianism, would…

Definitions: "Genital autonomy" - the right to decide what happens to one's genitals, even to the point of irreversibly altering them. "Sexual autonomy" - the right to decide to enter into sexual relationships with other people. In many countries,…