Erich Hatala Matthes
@ehatmat.bsky.social
Philosophy professor at Wellesley College
Reposted by Erich Hatala Matthes
Angela Sun argues that consent must always be revocable. Even when someone intends their consent to be binding "no matter what," revocation dissolves the permission. This protects bodily integrity even when we're not in a "sound state of mind."
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Can Consent Be Irrevocable?
This article argues that consent must be revocable. I present two arguments for this conclusion. On the argument from informed consent, irrevocable consent lacks validity because it cannot be sufficie...
journals.publishing.umich.edu
December 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Angela Sun argues that consent must always be revocable. Even when someone intends their consent to be binding "no matter what," revocation dissolves the permission. This protects bodily integrity even when we're not in a "sound state of mind."
journals.publishing.umich.edu/phimp/articl...
journals.publishing.umich.edu/phimp/articl...
If you haven't read it, Strohl is excellent on this topic: philpapers.org/rec/STROCA-3
Matthew Strohl, On Culinary Authenticity - PhilPapers
Recent discussions of culinary authenticity have focused on the problematic sociopolitical implications of Euro‐Americans seeking authenticity in food perceived as ethnic. This article seeks to rehabi...
philpapers.org
October 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
If you haven't read it, Strohl is excellent on this topic: philpapers.org/rec/STROCA-3
A preprint of my chapter can be found here: philpapers.org/rec/MATBAL?f...
Erich Matthes, Beauty and Love of Place - PhilPapers
This chapter explores the role of aesthetics in love of place. I argue that aesthetic experience is an important component of place love, one that influences and is influenced by the ...
philpapers.org
October 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A preprint of my chapter can be found here: philpapers.org/rec/MATBAL?f...
If you're ever looking for some other media to supplement this, season 2 of the podcast Bear Brook from New Hampshire Public Radio is all about false confessions. It's harrowing.
September 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
If you're ever looking for some other media to supplement this, season 2 of the podcast Bear Brook from New Hampshire Public Radio is all about false confessions. It's harrowing.
At some point in grad school I had to read the Vindiciae contra tyrannos. Been thinking about that a lot lately...
July 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
At some point in grad school I had to read the Vindiciae contra tyrannos. Been thinking about that a lot lately...
Yes! In this spirit: I taught your and Elisabeth Camp's "Playing with Labels" paper in my Authenticity seminar this semester and it is great! Students were very into it.
May 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Yes! In this spirit: I taught your and Elisabeth Camp's "Playing with Labels" paper in my Authenticity seminar this semester and it is great! Students were very into it.