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by gameshot911 1209 days ago
Hypothetical scenario: A man says to me, "take this free millions dollars or I'll shoot you."

In this case I'm 100% okay taking the money either way. The threat is immaterial to my internal consent.

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To clarify... nope. In your instance the man gets your expression of consent, but very much does not have your internal consent.

I edited my post to clarify a bit more that informed consent is a specific term in medical ethics, and probably doesn't mean what you think it means. Thanks!

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430827/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informed_consent