Consent to Sexual Relations

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19902427
AutoresAlan Wertheimer (University of Vermont, autor correspondente)
Ano2003
Data de publicação2003-09-18
Open AccessSim
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoConsent to Sexual Relations (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511610011
OpenAlexW4213358734
Open LibraryOL7765473M
ISBN9780511610011
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas63

When does a woman give valid consent to sexual relations? When does her consent render it morally or legally permissible for a man to have sexual relations with her? Why is sexual consent generally regarded as an issue about female consent? And what is the moral significance of consent? These are some of the questions discussed in this important book, which will appeal to a wide readership in philosophy, law, and the social sciences. Alan Wertheimer develops a theory of consent to sexual relations that applies to both law and morality in the light of the psychology of sexual relations, the psychology of perpetrators, and the psychology of the victims. He considers a wide variety of difficult cases such as coercion, fraud, retardation, and intoxication. We can all agree that 'no' means 'no'. This book suggests that the difficult question is whether 'yes' means 'yes'

Appeal · Audience measurement · Coercion (linguistics) · Criminology · Morality · Political science · Variety (cybernetics) · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Torture, Ethics, and Law · Ethics & Moral Philosophy · Gender Studies · General · Philosophy & theory of psychology · Sex and law · Sexual consent · Sexual ethics · Sexuality · Social & political philosophy