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.
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.
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
"This is a collection of essays on different facets of the ethics
of consent by well-known authors from a variety of
disciplines...The purpose is to provide a contemporary, general and
multidisciplinary treatment of the topic of consent, which has not
been previously addressed in this way in a book-length
format....because the book is written by experts working in a
variety of disciplines , the book will be relevant for a wide
cross-section of academics, in
bioethics, but also in law, political theory, and gender and
sexuality studies. The authors are some of the most important
figures who have written on this topic...This is a valuable
addition to the
literature because it brings together substantial and original
works on consent from a variety of fields."--Doody's
"This is the most important book on consent in at least 20
years...The 15 chapters include some of the best and most
well-known authors on the topic." --JAMA
"The book is a fascinating walk through the world of consent."
--Jessica Berg, Case Western Reserve University
"Consent scholars should definitely take the time to read the book
through, and others will find individual chapters useful in their
work on specific domains." --Jessica Berg, Case Western Reserve
University
"Readers will come away with an enriched sense of how consent works
in a variety of
human situations and with a new appreciation of the strengths and
weaknesses of the standard consent models in medicine and research.
The book also does a good job of putting consent in perspective by
highlighting consent's limited moral and legal force in various
contexts. Given these virtues, bioethicists would be well advised
to make room on their bookshelves for The Ethics of Consent." --
Hastings Center Report
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