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1. Promising in Law and Morals 1

2. Promising and Natural Law 9

3. Promising and Utilitarianism 29

A Utilitarian Account of Promising 30

The Strength of the Utilitarian Case 45

The Case Against the Utilitarian Account of Promising 48

Promises and Rule Utilitarianism 79

4. Promising and Non-Utilitarian Philosophies 87

Intuitionism 87

Subjectivism 93

Performatives and Promises 99

Promising as a Practice 106

5. The Social Context of Promising 123

6. The Practice of Promising 138

The Strength of the Promise-Keeping Principle 138

Justifications for Promise-Breaking 142

Why are Promises Made and Kept, or Broken? 143

The Intentions of the Promisor 146

Who Makes Promises, to Whom, and Who is Bound by Them? 151

The Content of a Promise 154

How Promises are Made 169

7. Promises and Other Sources of Obligation 177

Promises as Consent 177

Promises as Admissions 184

Mutual Executory Promises 202

Unilateral Gratuitous Promises 212

Index 216