To develop a theoretical framework for drawing moral distinctions between instances of sexual misconduct, I defend the “Ameliorative View” of consent, according to which there are three possibilities for what effect, if any, consent has: “fully valid consent” eliminates a wronging, “fully invalid consent” has no normative effect, and “partially valid consent” has an ameliorative effect on a wronging in the respect that it makes the wronging less grave. I motivate the view by proposing a solution to the problem of characterizing the moral effect of consent that is given in response to minor coercion.

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规模上的性行为不端：重力、胁迫和同意

为了建立一个理论框架来区分性行为不端行为的道德差异，我捍卫同意的“改善观点”，根据该观点，对于同意的效果（如果有的话）存在三种可能性：“完全有效的同意”消除了错误，“完全无效的同意”没有规范效果，而“部分有效的同意”对错误有改善作用，因为它使错误不那么严重。我通过提出一个解决方案来激发这种观点，该解决方案描述了为回应轻微胁迫而给予的同意的道德影响。