title: Collective informed consent and decision power.
abstract: It has been suggested that, in addition to individual level decision-making, informed consent procedures could be used in collective decision-making too. One of the main criticisms directed at this suggestion concerns decision-making power. It is maintained that consent is a veto power concept and that, as such, it is not appropriate for collective decision-making. This paper examines this objection to collective informed consent. It argues that veto power informed consent can have some uses in the collective level and that when it is not appropriate the decision power a concerned party ought to have in connection with an arrangement should be made relative to the interest she has at stake in it. It concludes that the objection examined does not undermine collective informed consent.
authors.affiliation: University of Turku, Turku, 20014, Finland. varelius@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Jukka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Varelius
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics*; D011050:Policy Making; D011057:Politics; D011209:Power, Psychological