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    It is not the case that The view that informed consent is necessary solely as a preventative bulwark against coercive or fraudulent practices is called into question.

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    • 1.On the bulwark view, any exception for benign interventions would be impossible because benign interventions would be just as coercive or fraudulent as invasive ones.
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    • 2.It is sometimes correct for benign studies not to require full informed consent.
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    • 3.A theory that entails no exceptions for benign interventions conflicts with this correct practice.
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    • 1.Kant's Formula of Humanity prohibits treating persons merely as means, making consent a deontological requirement independent of whether harm or coercion occurs.
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    • 2.Even benign interventions without consent instrumentalize the subject's body and rational agency, violating autonomy regardless of outcome.
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    • 3.Therefore, the bulwark view's harm-prevention rationale is insufficient because it cannot account for the wrongness of autonomy violations in zero-harm cases.
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    • 1.Faden and Beauchamp's substantial autonomy standard grounds consent in self-governance, not merely harm prevention, making consent valuable as an expression of personhood.
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    • 2.On a self-governance model, waivers for benign studies are permissible precisely because the subject autonomously authorizes the exception, preserving the autonomy-based framework.
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    • 3.The bulwark view cannot explain waiver permissibility coherently, whereas the autonomy-based account explains it without abandoning consent's foundational moral justification.
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