Questions Update | July 18, 2026 | Saturday | Journal

Questions Yet to Be Explored

What began with a simple inquiry into consent has naturally raised a number of additional questions. Rather than jumping straight to conclusions, I intend to investigate each question individually and document the process as I go.

These are the questions currently found in my notebook.

The 7 layers of madness:

And as usual a transcript for those who can't read cursive, and because sometimes I have bad hand writing.

Questions Yet to Be Explored

Consent

- What is consent? - What conditions are necessary for an agreement? - Can consent be withdrawn? - What is required for consent to be withdrawn?

Voluntariness

- What is voluntariness? - What is voluntary action? - Is the ability to refuse necessary for voluntariness? - Can voluntariness exist under pressure?

Legitimate Consent

- What is required for consent to be legitimate? - Is complete information necessary for consent? - What constitutes sufficient information? - Does ignorance invalidate consent? - Does deliberate concealment invalidate consent? - What are the disclosure obligations of the parties involved? - Is perfect information necessary for legitimate consent? - Can consent be legitimate despite imperfect knowledge of future consequences? - Can consent exist under imperfect circumstances?

Coercion

- What is coercion? - What is compulsion? - What is duress? - What degree of pressure invalidates voluntariness? - Are threats necessary for coercion?

Human Behavior and Principles

- Why do people demand freedom for themselves while demanding obedience from others? - What is a principle? - Must principles be universally applicable? - Are preferences being mistaken for principles? - Why do human beings abandon principles when they become inconvenient? - What is intellectual honesty? - What role does self-discipline play in the application of principles?

Applications

- Are legal agreements genuinely consensual? - When is consent required? - When is consent not required? - What kinds of actions involve another person's consent? - Which actions involve only our own property, choices, or associations?

Foundations Still Needed

- What is free will? - What is choice? - What is an agreement? - What is legitimacy? - What is obligation? - What is authority?