PHM-3020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Immanuel Kant, Dwarf-Tossing, Spurn
Document Summary
Sexual morality and the concept of using another person. Thomas a. mappes advocates a liberal approach to sexual morality attempts to determine the conditions under which someone would be guilty of sexually using another person. Deception and coercion as mechanisms for sexual using. Taking advantage of someone"s desperate situation mechanism concept of using another person is associated with ethical system of. Immanuel kant: morally wrong for a to use b merely as a means to achieve a"s ends not a using b as a means, only merely as a means, (incompatible with respect for b as a person) A forces b to give at knife point vs a asks b for as a gift. Voluntary informed consent coercion undermines individual consent. Dispositional threat of harm vs occurrent physical force/harm . Dispositional does have a choice but it is less than fully voluntary. Children are incapaple of voluntary informed consent. Deception involves lying or withholding information to encourage consent.
