2024/11/13 by Angela Sun · 1 voice
Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Intellectual Property Law #Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing
paper · pdf · doi:10.3998/phimp.5285
openalex publication_date 2024/11/13 · openalex created_date 2024/11/14 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
This article argues that consent must be revocable. I present two arguments for this conclusion. On the argument from informed consent, irrevocable consent lacks validity because it cannot be sufficiently informed. On the argument from bodily integrity, irrevocable consent lacks validity because we do not have the authority to deny our future selves the ability to protect our bodily integrity. I explain why the argument from bodily integrity captures unique moral problems raised by irrevocable consent and illuminates an important but undertheorized distinction between autonomy and bodily integrity.