Consent is a performative act that generates obligations only when the agent understands and intends the act as consent, as Hume argued against Locke in 'Of the Original Contract' (1748).
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An action done through language that doesn't just describe something but actually *does* something—like how saying 'I promise' doesn't describe a promise but creates one.
agent(Economics terminology applied to medical ethics)
The party in a principal-agent relationship who is instructed to produce the good or service on the principal's behalf — in the medical context, the doctor
consent(Used as shorthand throughout the discussion of sexual ethics)
Valid or genuine consent by all the parties to a sex act
social contract(Rawls's interpretation of the social contract tradition)
A hypothetical situation or thought experiment designed to uncover the most reasonable principles of justice, not an actual historical event.