I am not sure of the legal standing, but there is a concept I know as
"situational competence." For instance, an individual might be
competent to buy a suit of clothes, but not a house. The "situation" is
what is considered, here. Of course, the devil is likely in the grey
areas.
TL
"M.G.Peckitt" wrote:
>
> To all
>
> I'm most interested in the notion of 'partial consent'.
> The idea of there being different degrees of informed or
> meaningful consent is a new one on me. Of course there
> are different kinds of consent e.g informed, unformed -
> that's lesson number 1 in practical ethics, but degrees?
> Does anyone know of another context in which this notion
> is employed.
>
> Michael G Peckitt
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