If an agent sincerely desires to fulfill a promise even when doing so produces net misery, this desire cannot be explained as happiness incorporated, but only as recognition of a non-hedonic obligation.
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non-hedonic obligation(in ethics, contrasting with pleasure-based morality)
A duty or responsibility to do something that isn't based on whether it makes you happy, but on some other principle (like keeping your word because it's the right thing to do).