However, the UK Mental Capacity Act [ 59] provides researchers with the means to address this, through using assent, though the process adds time and thus cost to the research.
Murmurs of assent rippled through the group.
"That's right," said another, and a murmur of assent rippled through the students.
A rumble of assent spread through the crowd like a new strain of flu.
In other words, deliberative theorists hypothesise that the "outcomes are legitimate to the extent they receive reflective assent through participation in authentic deliberation by all those subject to the decision in question" (Dryzek 2001: 651).
If we accept that children's enthusiasm for research runs the gamut from expressed assent, through silent assent, through indifference and then from passive dissent to active dissent, there are clear differences in the guidelines.
And in many cases, the City Council was required to give a nod of assent through a so-called home rule message — a formal request from the Legislature to consider a measure.
"But through the lens of 'These are problems in our society, not unique to this movement.' " People expressed assent through head nods, rather than hand signals.
This claim is one of Kant's strongest statements that actual voting by citizens is required: citizens "must therefore give their free assent, through their representatives, not only to waging war in general but also to each particular declaration of war" (6 345 46).
Assent ripples outward through the crowd.
