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
Hauptverfasser: Wertheimer, A, Miller, F G
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Sprache:eng
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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.
ISSN:0306-6800
1473-4257
DOI:10.1136/medethics-2013-101510