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Gopal Sreenivasa (Duke) – Waiver or understanding? A dilemma for autonomists about informed consent (New St Cross Special Ethics Seminar)
3 June 2021, 12:30 PM–2:00 PM UTC
Date: Thursday, 3 June 2021, 12:30 – 14:00 GMT
Title: Waiver or understanding? A dilemma for autonomists about informed consent
Abstract: This paper develops a novel argument to show that prospective research subjects can validly consent to participate in a study without understanding (most of) the content of the required disclosure. Its point of departure is the right subjects standardly have to waive (most of) the investigator’s duty to disclose. Things get worse for autonomy based defences of informed consent because this right to waive is very well grounded in an individual’s autonomy.
Speaker: Professor Gopal Sreenivasan (Crown University Distinguished Professor in Ethics, Duke University)
Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9lL04zxySi2MWSzHP0YY4Q