dagmaraka wrote:yes, otherwise you wouldn't know they're enjoying it
plus,
informed consent means that the person/sheep informed comprehends the action and its consequences, has access to information about it, etc.... so in the case of sheep (or children) it's impossible.
Surely their enjoyment itself is enough. Why do we need to know about their enjoyment? And anyway, how would informed consent tell us about their enjoyment? You can consent to unenjoyable things. The best way to assess whether sheep like to shag humans would have to be similar to the way we assess whether dogs like going for walks or eating biscuits, or whether chickens prefer to be cooped up in a cage or free to roam around a field.
And I know informed consent would be impossible. I'm just saying that it's not an issue unless the act is something that they do not want (which of course, it probably is, in many cases at least). Issues of consent collapse into issues of harm/enjoyment.