Qualities of consent: an enactive approach to making better sense

Abstract Philosophical work on the concept of consent in past few decades have got to grips with it as a rich notion. We are increasingly sensitive not momentary, atomic, transactional thing, but complex idea admitting various qualities and dimensions. In this paper we note that recognition complexity demands theoretical framework quite different those presently extant, suggest enactive approach is one which offers significant value regard. consonance arguments made by Laurie Penny about how continuous dynamic process, outline an identifies temporally extended (rather than momentarily transactional), affected skilfulness agents involved, fitness community-provided resources negotiate consensual relationship over time, unfolding circumstances situation joint action taking place. argue perspective highlighting these complexities, providing articulate theorise them ways open other current approaches.