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Moral Obligation of Promise-Keeping by Hedwig Fossen is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document is an essay discussing which moral theory can best account for the strength of the moral obligation to keep promises. It begins by introducing a scenario about promising a grandmother grocery shopping help. It then outlines that it will examine deontological and consequentialist moral theories and how they view promise keeping. It argues that promising is a social practice based on conventions, and that this practice is what creates a moral obligation to keep promises. It maintains that promis
- Author
- Hedwig Fossen
- Language
- EN