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Under what circumstances, if any, does “verbal coercion” invalidate…
Under what circumstances, if any, does “verbal coercion” invalidate consent to sex?
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factors necessary for coercion (even though it is not sufficient) is intent, choice, harm and legitimacy
legitimacy
it seems manipulative in a way which we accept in dealing with others, where introducing systems of rewards and sanctions to get what you want in this less than ideal world is sometimes necessary and often goes by the name of compromise
you can make the demand that, for the relationship to continue it needs to be a sexual one, and if the partner refuses this condition, you have the right to exit
such conditions are not always legitimate, there are limits to what one may demand - this is assuming that engaging in sex all things being equal is not immoral and has reasonable bearing on the relationship, and thus that meeting its absence with discontinuing the relationship is a justified response
just as the one person has the right to ask—the other person has the right to decide not to do any of the things asked
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talk about it in terms of consent being morally valid when the agent is competent, suitably informed, and the agent is acting voluntarily
but in this essay i will unpack the morally valid consent being one where the agent acts voluntarily
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