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    It is not the case that If promissory obligation is grounded in reliance rather than acceptance, the promisee's freedom of acceptance is incidental, not constitutive.

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    • 1.Acceptance is the voluntary committal that distinguishes promises from mere predictions or statements of intent.
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    • 2.Reliance alone cannot generate obligation without prior agreement; reliance is only a remedy when acceptance occurred.
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    • 3.Treating acceptance as incidental makes promissory obligation parasitic on promisee behavior rather than mutual commitment.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Promissory obligations arise when a promisee relies on a promisor's words and restructures their position accordingly.
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    • 2.The promisee's acceptance is merely how we identify reliance; it confirms but doesn't create the obligation.
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    • 3.A promisor can be bound even when the promisee hasn't explicitly accepted, if the promisee has reasonably relied.
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