PHL 304 Midterm: Discussion Notes- Sexuality
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What is informed consent, child, mentally handicap, cannot give informed consent, deceit, std, withholding information, coercion, occurent: physical force, dispositional: threaten to harm, threat vs offer. Not so black and white: case 7 = offer, threat, case 8 = is not a threat, but she is sexually abusing him because his choice was severely constrained by his needs. She is exploiting/taking advantage of his desperate situation, is a threat. Sexual exploitation and the value of persons, howard klepper: one can have consent of another, but can still treat them as a means, case 1 = treats her like an object. Using her: case 2 = not respecting her privacy. Implicit agreement that you don"t gossip about your sexual relationship with someone, it is deceitful. What if they are from a diff culture: klepper says that people of romeo"s culture act morally wrong all the time. Harms of consensual sex, robin west: women consent even though they don"t want it.
