Bob, a billionaire, pays anybody he thinks shouldn't reproduce (based on mental or physical illnesses) a single lump sum to get sterilized.
Should this be legal or should the government stop this?
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Seems to fly in the face of this result (and I think another one that I can't remember), where people had concerns about consent. In this case, consent is clearly manipulated by the offer of money so it should be even more lopsided in favor of illegal.
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People’s intuitions are different because in the self-cannibal scenario, some people answering are assuming that the person is insane and not competent to make that decision. In contrast, a sterilization decision is one that people make all the time.
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I wouldn't nagree to it but at the same time if the person agreed to then it would be their choice.
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And what if it was based on something else? The underlying idea is that it is a contract between two consenting adults. Could you imagine how many junkies Bob could get sterilized on the cheap?
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The IRB considers offering larges sum of money to participate in a study potentially coercive (any of use of Ss who are vulnerable due to disability or poverty can be, too).
On the flip side, I don't think people think that say child tax credits are coercive.
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