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    It is not the case that A promise cannot exist if the promisee refuses to accept it

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    • 1.A promissory obligation can arise from the promisor's sincere, voluntary utterance independent of the promisee's reception or acceptance.
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    • 2.Raz and Scanlon both ground promissory obligation in the normative significance of voluntary self-binding, not bilateral agreement.
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    • 3.If acceptance were required, a promise made to an unconscious or absent party would generate no obligation, which contradicts strong moral intuitions.
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    • 1.Searle's speech act theory treats promises as illocutionary acts completed by the speaker's sincere intention under appropriate conditions, not by hearer uptake.
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    • 2.Requiring promisee acceptance collapses the morally distinct categories of promise and contract into a single bilateral structure, erasing a theoretically significant distinction.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Promises are always made to some person or persons
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    • 2.The promisee has the authority to refuse to accept a promise
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    • 3.A promise's existence is conditional on its acceptance (or at least not being rejected) by the promisee
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