There are (STILL) no coercive offers
A has not coerced B by offering surgery and, more importantly, we would never say that B cannot give valid consent to such surgery simply because she has 'no choice'. Because A is not proposing to violate B's rights if B rejects A's offer, even though she will die if she refuses...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of medical ethics 2014-09, Vol.40 (9), p.592-593 |
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Zusammenfassung: | A has not coerced B by offering surgery and, more importantly, we would never say that B cannot give valid consent to such surgery simply because she has 'no choice'. Because A is not proposing to violate B's rights if B rejects A's offer, even though she will die if she refuses the offer. [...]we don't think the lens of coercion is helpful in evaluating the ethics of offering castration to sexual offenders as a condition of release or with respect to other issues in bioethics such as offering payment to research subjects or to procure organs for transplantation. |
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ISSN: | 0306-6800 1473-4257 |
DOI: | 10.1136/medethics-2013-101510 |