Consent

derive its just powers from the consent of the governed, all individuals within the state must be able to give their consent, willingly and autonomously, knowing that to do so, is to incur certain political obligations to said state. They must also understand that in doing so, they also authorise certain actions of the state towards them. In the case of consenting to the UK state, these obligations are mostly in the form of an agreement to obey the law, and the acceptance of any sanctions/punishments the state may consider fit. This essay will argue that the UK cannot derive its just powers from the consent of the governed, as there is no way for the governed to truly give their consent to be obligated to the state.…

Informed consent means the knowing consent of an individual without inducement or any element of force, fraud, or any other form of constraint. Sufficient information must be presented so that the potential subject can make an informed judgment about participation. It can be provided to the potential participant as a document, which may or may not require a signature. Research involving human subjects can pose complex ethical issues that require careful thought and consideration on the part of…

Consent is when an individual makes an informed, rational and voluntary decision to engage in sexual activities with another consenting person/s. Making an ‘informed’ decision means that the individual has been made aware of anything that might affect the partner long-term, such as the other person's potential STDs, relationship status (i.e., spouse, partner, etc.) or being lied to about pregnancy potential (i.e., being on birth control, using expired condom, etc.). My definition does not…

Capacity to Give Informed Consent in Research and Evaluation with Individuals with Dementia Informed consent is arguably the cornerstone of ethical social science research and evaluation. Before an institutional review board-approved (IRB) project can begin, researchers and evaluators are required to openly communicate with potential subjects about the benefits and possible risks of their participation and to establish their voluntary willingness to participate.1 When a proposed project involves…

would consider this to be an undesirable outcome, in his work “Second Treatise of Government” published in 1689, John Locke suggests that in order to enjoy the advantages one receives from living under a government’s control, one must consent to the laws of that government. In this paper I shall discuss Locke’s idea of tacit consent, and consider its weaknesses as well as possible strengths if one were examine Locke’s “tacit consent” with a fairly generous interpretation of his intended meaning;…

Prior to my time on Active Duty Army and during it I dealt with two situations in which I had to either agree or disagree to do an informed consent. For both cases both dealt with the same internal issue, however, one dealt with my relationship with others and then myself. Even when I got diagnosed with a Central Auditory Processing Disorder there I had the ability to limit what I wanted my Educational Psychologist to disclose with my parents when they came for an update visit on my progress.…

1. All subjects will have two meetings regarding the informed consent form. The first will be a group session before the medical testing and will discuss the study purpose, goals, design, and what their participation entails. Furthermore, study design will be explained thoroughly such as what placebo-controlled means and what a sentinel block is. The second meeting will be a one-on-one session with subjects after completing their medical tests. This will give subjects sufficient time to read the…

Consent applies to sexual relations and is often referred to as affirmative consent, or the conscious and voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity. When you are engaging in sexual activity consent should be verbally communicated every time. Sex without affirmative consent is sexual assault or rape. Affirmative consent varies with every person and even varies depending on what person you ask, but in general I think that affirmative consent is the verbal agreement to…

did not seem interested in your newly devised plan to “build” the worlds largest skyscraper? Would you pull them along anyway despite their wishes? Or would create a different plan together? These are the parameters that surround the idea of sexual consent, even during young adulthood. These principles introduced to us more then a decade ago in kindergarten and preschool still hold true today. That if someone does not openly express interest in participating in an activity with you, you…

to express consent. Mental and physical factor have a big influence in express consent, for example if someone has mental health problem such as dementia, then it may be assumed that the individual is not able to make his/her decisions and does not have the capacity to consent, this is not in fact the case because there are many factors that we need to considered, infact everyone's capacity to make decision depend also on the support and knowledge that they have, for example they may require…