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15 hours agoDefining Rape III: Intoxication
From an oversimplified moral standpoint, rape is sex without consent. Consent could be lacking for any number of reasons, but the focus is on the impact of intoxication on a person's ability to consent. To be a bit abstract, the philosophical concern is about consent agency, which is the capacity of the person to give consent. What counts as consent will vary based on whether the matter is considered in moral, practical or legal contexts. What is also not in doubt is that people will disagree about this.























