AIM Framework glossary
Consent
Canonical definition
Consent is valid when the choice to permit another to affect one’s AIM profile is led by Intrinsic Motivation under conditions of A-sufficiency, bounded M-pressure, and adequate understanding of the likely effects on one’s future A, I, and M.
Explanation
Saying “yes” counts as genuine consent only when the person is not cornered by deprivation, not being pushed by shame or status fear, and has enough information to see what the decision will do to their security, projects, and social position. Because mimetic influence and confabulation are largely invisible from the inside, consent assessment cannot rest on verbal affirmation alone; it must ask whether the decision would be materially the same if A were secure and the audience removed.
Epistemic status
Framework-Specific Construct (normative).
Derivation
Related terms
- Intrinsic Motivation (I)
- Coercion
- AIM Profile (Individual
- Group
- or System)