Lecherous millionaire

The lecherous millionaire is a thought experiment devised by Joel Feinberg to illustrate questions concerning coercion. It presents a scenario in which a millionaire offers to pay for medical care for a woman's ill child on the condition that she has sexual relations with him. While the millionaire is making an offer, he nevertheless seems to be coercing the woman.

See also

• Throffer
• Indecent Proposal

Further reading

• Barrera, Albino (2005). Economic Compulsion and Christian Ethics. Cambridge University Press. pp. 11–2. ISBN 9780521853415.
• Feinberg, Joel (1986). Harm to Self. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195037463.
• Hunt, I. (2001). "Overall Freedom and Constraint". Inquiry. 44 (2): 131–147. doi:10.1080/002017401750261545. S2CID 143462911.
• Wertheimer, Alan (2003). Consent to Sexual Relations. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521536110.