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RE: Consensual > Voluntary

in #philosophy7 years ago

An important point is also that consent is true for every balance of power, while voluntarily is not.
I "voluntarily" may eat this food, but I don't consent to it being so badly produced. I just have nothing else.

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You're absolutely correct. That's why I've moved away from using voluntary as an ethic. Sometimes it implies consent, but sometimes it doesn't.