assumed consent
Permission without asking
Assumed consent is permission inferred from circumstances rather than explicitly given.
A doctor may proceed with emergency surgery under assumed consent when a patient is unconscious.
The concept appears in legal, medical, and sexual contexts, where it often proves controversial: He claimed assumed consent, but she had never agreed to anything.
- organ donationGifting body parts for transplant
- opt-out systemParticipation assumed by default
- social contractAgreement exchanging freedom for order
- tacit agreementConsent without words
- silent agreementConsent conveyed without words
nonverbal cues · implied contract · public trust · unspoken rules · etiquette · body language · implied meaning · benefit of the doubt · fiduciary duty · collective agreement · liability waiver · fine print · terms of service · symbolic gestures · societal expectations · group dynamics · implicit bias · risk assessment
assumed consentexplicit consent
Clearly stated agreement
express consent · informed consent · verbal consent · affirmative consent
assumed consentrefusal
Act of declining
withdrawal of consent · non-consent · opt-out · dissent · objection
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