Fickle consent

Philosophical Studies 167 (1):25-40 (2014)
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Abstract

Why is consent revocable? In other words, why must we respect someone's present dissent at the expense of her past consent? This essay argues against act-based explanations and in favor of a rule-based explanation. A rule prioritizing present consent will serve our interests the best, in light of our interests in having flexibility over our consent and in minimizing the possibility of error in people's judgments about whether we consent

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Tom Dougherty
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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