Word: consents
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...this case, they didn't touch her person.That's not necessarily the end-all. If theyphysically moved her without her consent, thatsure could constitute a battery," said Paul F.Wood, a Boston lawyer who specializes indiscrimination cases...
Second: no one today would defend the administration of radioactive material to other human beings, sick or healthy, without their knowledge and consent. But the work in question was done 40 years ago--in another era in which the ethics of medical experimentation were perceived rather differently...
That's what I call tacit consent. If peopleknow who you talk to and are comfortable with youdiscussing the situation with others, "gossip" isokay-as long as you are not operating under acondition of asymmetric information (an economicsituation in which one party has more informationabout a product than another...
...gangs, parents were notified and offered alternative works if need be. But this spring a parent demanded that the book be removed from all schools--ignoring the district's challenge process and taking her case to talk radio. The book survived, but now parents have to sign a consent form for all controversial books...
...judge's decision to proceed had been expected, says TIME writer Adam Cohen. "Consent is not a defense to murder," he says. "Kevorkian wants to challenge the law by pursuing jury nullification," says Cohen -- that is, the doctor hopes the jury will refuse to convict even in the face of overwhelming evidence. Not that an acquittal would overturn the law -- only the legislature can do that. But if Michigan jurors send a signal to state law enforcement that they don't want euthanasia cases prosecuted, Kevorkian -- and anyone else -- would be free to help terminally ill residents end their lives...