Sober Thoughts on Drunken Consent
Intoxication and Consent to Sexual Relations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20316716 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Samuel Director (0000-0003-2632-3644, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 235-261 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Theory and Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-802X • E-ISSN: 2154-123X |
| Publisher | Philosophy Documentation Center (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5840/soctheorpract2022228154 |
| OpenAlex | W4225811432 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Drunken sex is common. Despite how common drunken sex is, we think very uncritically about it. In this paper, I want to examine whether drunk individuals can consent to sex. Specifically, I answer this question: suppose that an individual, D, who is drunk but can still engage in reasoning and communication, agrees to have sex with a sober individual, S; is D’s consent to sex with S morally valid? I will argue that, within a certain range of intoxication, an individual who is drunk can give valid consent to have sex with an individual who is sober
Biological sex · Drunk driving · Medical emergency · Poison control · Suicide prevention · Ethics in medical practice · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |