Questions Raised by Readers | July 16, 2026 | Thursday | Journal

Questions raised by readers

Following yesterday's inquiry, @amaterasusolar responded with related information regarding "consent." It comprised of what is required for consent to be legitimate. Thus said, these are the questions raised by said user's inquiry.

The core question in Amy's response in her first paragraph:

"What is required for consent to be legitimate?"

Other questions found to be raised within her inquiry:

Is complete information necessary for consent? What constitutes sufficient information? Does ignorance invalidate consent? Does deliberate concealment invalidate consent? What are the disclosure obligations of the parties involved?

Despite the humor left by @frankbacon in his comment on my "What is consent?" inquiry, it taught me realize something important. His examples didn't challenge the definition itself at all, because it was simply addressing a different question.

Consent still means what it means. Once we define it, however, a whole new set of questions naturally flows out:

When is consent required? When is it not? What kinds of actions involve another person's consent, and which involve only our own property, choices or associations?

It is important to note that his examples are not exceptions to consent, but rather serves as contexts in which we must first determine whether consent is even relevant to the discussion. Sometimes what appears to be an objection isn't an objection at all, but indeed it is simply another question waiting to be asked.