Main description:

Voluntariness is a necessary condition of valid consent. But determining whether a person consented voluntarily can be difficult, especially when people are subjected to coercion or manipulation, placed in a situation with no acceptable alternative other than to consent to something, or find themselves in an abusive relationship.

Contents:

Part 1: A Novel Account of Voluntary Consent

1. Introduction

2. The History and Definition of Voluntariness and Consent

3. My Proposal: Interpersonal Consenter-Consentee Justification (ICCJ)

Part 2: The Theory of Voluntary Consent

4. Voluntariness and Causation

5. Voluntariness and Morality

6. Voluntariness and Coercion

Part 3: The Practice of Voluntary Consent

7. Nudging and Manipulation

8. Payment in Clinical Trials

9. Living Organ Donation

10. Conclusion