About the lecture

In this module, we introduce consent, focusing in particular on (i) defining consent in the law (ii) consent as desire, and criticisms of this view (iii) consent as permission (iv) consent as communicative action (v) a theory of consent as permission.

About the lecturer

Professor Victor Tadros is a lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Warwick. His research interests are in the philosophy of criminal law, terrorism law, the criminal trials and punishment. He is currently researching just war theory, and issues in moral and political philosophy. His books include Criminal Responsibility (2005), The Trial on Trial (with Antony Duff, Lindsay Farmer and Sandra Marshall) (2007) The Ends of Harm: The Moral Foundations of Criminal Law (2011), Wrongs and Crimes (2016) and To Do, To Die, To Reason Why (2020).