No one describes a passionate night using the language of consent. Partners in long‐term relationships rarely think of intimacy in terms of permission. If consent is absent precisely when things go well, why does it dominate sexual ethics? Critics have pressed this challenge but have failed to explain why consent is irrelevant rather than merely unspoken. I argue that consent is a tool whose authority rests on three conditions: opacity of wills, risk of wrongful invasion, and the value of sovereignty. When relationships are marked by trust, these conditions are substantially altered. The operative norm shifts from consent‐sensitivity to dissent‐sensitivity—from “do not act without permission” to “you may act unless there is dissent.” The moral work performed by trust is not consent in disguise: consent authorizes particular acts, while trust can make such authorization unnecessary. Consent is a problem‐solving device that presupposes a problem. In the ideal case, there is no problem to solve.
The rise of the #MeToo movement has prompted a public reckoning with sexual consent, definitions of which are contested even among legal experts. Recent years have seen a move to a model of affirmative consent, which emphasises continual, enthusiastic agreement to sex and an associated imperative to (re)negotiate con...
Over the past decade, sexual consent has become a site of increasing public attention due to the advocacy of victim-survivors of sexual violence, the rise of the #MeToo movement and the move to models of affirmative consent. Complicating this picture are the challenges of negotiating consent while intoxicated, given th...
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This study applies the concept of Gödelian structural incompleteness to analyze the limitations
of the Nigerian legal framework concerning underage consent and sexual exploitation. Sexual
activity involving minors (under 18) or individuals whose consent is compromised by power
imbalances constitutes moral wrongdoing, e...
Omiete Idoniboye· Journal of Humanities and So...· 0 citations
The paper argues that though we usually think of the prophets as social or moral critics, their principal concern is idolatry. They oppose the unique God YHWH to the Ba’alim – still familiar to us in terms of a particular community, nation, religion, money, sex, and so forth. YHWH's particularity required in response a...
T. Gorringe· Studies in Christian Ethics· 0 citations
The doctrine of state consent is a foundational pillar of the modern international legal order. This article critically evaluates the claim that consent functions as the primary basis of international law by tracing its operation in three principal areas: treaty law, international adjudication, and customary internatio...
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This article examines how rape law in the United Kingdom and Ghana deals with consent and how rules on proof affect victims’ access to justice. It argues that evidential rules are not just technical; they shape whether cases lead to accountability. In the United Kingdom, the Sexual Offences Act 2003 defines consent and...
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