In fact, it’s precisely the opposite. The central feature of rapes we care about is the fact that they are extremely unpleasant, to put it politely. “Consent”, when formalized so that it no longer captures the information we care about, is noncentral.
Or at least, I think it is. In fact, I believe this should also be clear to Alicorn, on reflection (and indeed she has an explanation for why her system doesn’t fall into this trap.)
The central feature of rapes we care about is the fact that they are extremely unpleasant, to put it politely.
No, the central issue is in fact consent (there also also other issues related to sex and marriage but that discussion involves more inferential distance then I’m willing to bridge right now.) One way to see this is that it is still considered rape if the victim was unconscious and thus not capable of experiencing anything, pleasant or otherwise. Also, if someone consented to sex at the time but later decides she didn’t enjoy it, I assume you wouldn’t allow her to retroactively declare it rape.
Non-central fallacy.
No, it’s really not.
In fact, it’s precisely the opposite. The central feature of rapes we care about is the fact that they are extremely unpleasant, to put it politely. “Consent”, when formalized so that it no longer captures the information we care about, is noncentral.
Or at least, I think it is. In fact, I believe this should also be clear to Alicorn, on reflection (and indeed she has an explanation for why her system doesn’t fall into this trap.)
Do you disagree?
No, the central issue is in fact consent (there also also other issues related to sex and marriage but that discussion involves more inferential distance then I’m willing to bridge right now.) One way to see this is that it is still considered rape if the victim was unconscious and thus not capable of experiencing anything, pleasant or otherwise. Also, if someone consented to sex at the time but later decides she didn’t enjoy it, I assume you wouldn’t allow her to retroactively declare it rape.