What Role Does the Claim That No Objective Distinction Can

question 863

Multiple Choice

What role does the claim that no objective distinction can be drawn between core and periphery features of a sexual encounter (where when one is deceived into sex by being misled by core features but not periphery features, one's valid consent is violated) play in this paper?

• A) Dougherty uses this claim to present an objection to the Lenient Thesis, which he argues relies on a distinction between core and periphery features.
• B) Dougherty uses this claim as a premise in arguing for the claim that nonconsensual sex is wrong because it violates the sexual rights of its victims.
• C) Dougherty is simply noting that core features entail periphery features because the latter depends on the former.
• D) Dougherty is using this claim to explain why having sex with an unconscious person or with someone by means of egregious deception is wrong.

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