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Promises, morals, and law / by P.S. Atiyah.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press, c1981.Description: 218 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 019825377X (hard)
  • 0198254792 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 174.3 23rd ed. ATI
Contents:
1. Promising the law and morals. 2. Promising and natural law. 3. Promising and Utilitarian case. 4. Promising and Non utilitarian Philosophies - - Intuitionism - - subjectivism - - Performatives and promises - - promising as a practice 5. The social context of promising. 6. The practice of promising - - The strength of the promise keeping principles - - Justifications for promise breaking - - why are promises made and kept -or broken? - - the intentions of the promisor - - the content of a promise - - How promises are made. 7. promises and other sources of obligation - - promises as consent - - promises as admissions - - mutual executory promises - - Unilateral gratuitous promises.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Promising the law and morals. 2. Promising and natural law. 3. Promising and Utilitarian case. 4. Promising and Non utilitarian Philosophies - - Intuitionism - - subjectivism - - Performatives and promises - - promising as a practice 5. The social context of promising. 6. The practice of promising - - The strength of the promise keeping principles - - Justifications for promise breaking - - why are promises made and kept -or broken? - - the intentions of the promisor - - the content of a promise - - How promises are made. 7. promises and other sources of obligation - - promises as consent - - promises as admissions - - mutual executory promises - - Unilateral gratuitous promises.

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