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"under economic duress" So basically if someone needs money, they cannot give consent because their judgment is clouded by their desperation?
by umvi 7y ago
"under economic duress"
So basically if someone needs money, they cannot give consent because their judgment is clouded by their desperation?
- pmiller2 7y agoPretty much. If your choice is either "Do X or live in poverty," what do you choose? Keep in mind that poverty is often a trap that is very difficult to get out of.
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- dredmorbius 7y agoBATNA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_alternative_to_a_negotiated_agreement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_alternative_to_a_negotiat... Negotiation power: https://www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/negotiation-skills-daily/types-of-power-in-negotiation/ https://www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/negotiation-skills-daily/t...
- pixl97 7y agoCorrect. You're not allowed to Dell yourself into slavery.
- kian 7y agoIn what way is working an unpleasant job that you could choose not to do slavery? Sounds to me like the person prefers the probability of PTSD to the guarantee of a life of poverty. How is that not informed consent? Because we wouldn't choose the same when living in a life of not-poverty? Are we really reducing all people without a certain level of income to children who can no longer make decisions for themselves or enter into contractual arrangements?
- umvi 7y agoSo college students should not be allowed to donate plasma for money because they aren't able to give consent due to being under economic duress?
- LordDragonfang 7y agoThat's actually one of the main arguments against paid blood/plasma donation, and the major reason that we don't pay for organ donations, because it results in a society where the poor literally sell their own health for basic survival. Plasma is sufficiently replenishable and donationations are safe enough that the net gain of lives saved is considered worth the societal risks.
- dredmorbius 7y agoPlasma, or other readily replenished fluids (there's another popular option, at least for men, though it carries other pregnant long-term implications) are propbably reasonably fair. There's little long-term harm or consequence. A kidney, lung, or liver lobe, not so much. Psychological research or DNA submission enters a pretty freighted grey area.