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I argue that Nafsika Athanassoulis fails to establish the main contention of her paper (“The Role of Consent in Sado-MasochisticPractices”, Res Publica 8, 2 (2002)), namely that, given liberalism, consent should be a defence to a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm even when the harm is a consequence of a sado-masochistic encounter.
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Markwick, P. Harming Consent. Res Publica 8, 157–162 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016042423165
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016042423165