Sentence examples for we cannot consent from inspiring English sources

The upshot of Hobbes's theory seems to be that we have an obligation to obey anyone who can maintain order, and in Locke's it seems that there are some things to which we cannot consent.

In particular, we cannot consent to place ourselves under an absolute ruler, for doing so would defeat the very purposes for which we enter the social contract — to protect our lives, liberty, and property (Pitkin 1965).

We cannot consent to what we don't know," said Senator Richard Blumenthal, one of the lawmakers bringing the lawsuit, in a conference call on Tuesday.

We believe a child cannot consent to sex until 16; yet we say they are old enough to be criminally responsible at 10. Nor is today's pop culture free of the habit of seeing children sexually: witness, as Harman has rightly pointed out, the Mail's drooling coverage of celebrity kids and their bodies.

The association advocates release of convicted pedophiles and the abolition of laws declaring that minors cannot consent to sexual relations.

It should not be imposed on those who cannot consent to it, unless there is a medical need.

Lawrence Balter Manhattan To the Editor: Ms. Brody states that a developmentally disabled person cannot consent to sex.

For centuries, the law prohibiting sexual activity with children has operated on the basis that there is a certain age below which children cannot consent to sex.

These are broadly considered to include sexual acts that are spontaneous, intermittent and "consensual" (legally, children under 16 usually cannot consent to sex) between youths within a couple of years age.

On the one hand, democracy abhors secrecy because it makes accountability impossible: citizens cannot consent to what is done in their name if they don't know about it.

It also appears to preclude clinical research with individuals who cannot consent.