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    It is not the case that A promise must be accepted (or at least not rejected) in order to be given at all

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    Reasons For

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    • 1.A promise creates a directed obligation toward the promisee upon sincere utterance, prior to any act of acceptance.
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    • 2.The promisee's power to release the promisor presupposes an already-existing obligation, which acceptance cannot have created.
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    • 3.Raz's 'service conception' grounds promissory obligation in the promisor's will, not in bilateral uptake by the promisee.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.The gift analogy fails because gifts transfer property rights, whereas promises transfer normative powers over the promisor's future conduct.
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    • 2.Unilateral declarations can bind agents to third parties in law and morality without acceptance, as in offers of reward to unknown persons.
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    • 3.Scanlon's 'Principle F' grounds promissory obligation in the expectation created in the promisee, not in a bilateral exchange of consent.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.A promise is analogous to a gift
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    • 2.A gift must be accepted or not rejected in order to be given at all
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    • 3.If a gift or promise is not accepted or not rejected, the giver has done no more than attempted to give
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