Integrity in Promise Keeping
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Most people agree that it is morally wrong to break a promise. There are, however, many different views on why it is wrong and whether it is because a promisor undertakes a promissory obligation. One dominant view is that you undertake an obligation when you make a promise. For instance, Joseph Raz seems to agree that the general reason why you have to keep your promises is because you undertake obligations by the speech act. On the other hand, some people think that it is not an obligation that matters. Thomas Pink thinks that a promisor and a promisee do not need to care about what obligation a promisor undertakes, because what matters to them is the promised action itself rather than the specifically promissory obligation. I suggest that when people make a promise they in general have in mind what sorts of obstacles they are willing to overcome in order to keep a promise. When one fails to overcome the set bar of the obstacles, he undermines his integrity by also failing to be a consistent person. There are amounts of obstacles that you are willing to overcome when you make a promise. When you fail to overcome ‘the bar of obstacles that you set when you made a promise’, because you are undermining your integrity, you are to be blamed for breaking a promise.
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Most people agree that it is morally wrong to break a promise. There are, however, many different views on why it is wrong and whether it is because a promisor undertakes a promissory obligation. One dominant view is that you undertake an obligation when you make a promise. For instance, Joseph Raz seems to agree that the general reason why you have to keep your promises is because you undertake obligations by the speech act. On the other hand, some people think that it is not an obligation that matters. Thomas Pink thinks that a promisor and a promisee do not need to care about what obligation a promisor undertakes, because what matters to them is the promised action itself rather than the specifically promissory obligation. I suggest that when people make a promise they in general have in mind what sorts of obstacles they are willing to overcome in order to keep a promise. When one fails to overcome the set bar of the obstacles, he undermines his integrity by also failing to be a consistent person. There are amounts of obstacles that you are willing to overcome when you make a promise. When you fail to overcome ‘the bar of obstacles that you set when you made a promise’, because you are undermining your integrity, you are to be blamed for breaking a promise.
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