"I start from the principle that if I intend to perform some act upon another being,
an unpleasant act to which the other being has not signified full,
informed, and willing consent,
an act which is not intended for the ultimate benefit of this being,
and if I intend furthermore to perform the act in private,
away from the public gaze,
then the intended act is prima facie,
on the face of it, an atrocity,
to be resisted and denounced; furthermore,
that this principle should hold whether the other being in question,
my intended victim, is a man or a mouse."
-JM Coetzee (Patron HRA)
an unpleasant act to which the other being has not signified full,
informed, and willing consent,
an act which is not intended for the ultimate benefit of this being,
and if I intend furthermore to perform the act in private,
away from the public gaze,
then the intended act is prima facie,
on the face of it, an atrocity,
to be resisted and denounced; furthermore,
that this principle should hold whether the other being in question,
my intended victim, is a man or a mouse."
-JM Coetzee (Patron HRA)
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