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    Moral force doesn't depend on unilateralism—gift promises... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Requiring promisee acceptance collapses the morally distinct categories of promise and contract into a single bilateral structure, erasing a theoretically significant distinction.

    Moral force doesn't depend on unilateralism—gift promises, vows, and contracts all bind parties through acceptance norms; the distinction is pragmatic, not theoretically fundamental.

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    Acceptance norms(ethics and philosophy of agreements)
    Unwritten social rules about what it takes for an agreement to actually "count" or become real—usually that the other person has to agree to it.
    Gift promises(ethics and contract philosophy)
    A pledge someone makes when giving something to another person, creating an expectation about how the gift will be treated or used.
    Moral force(describing what happens to an agreement's ethical weight)
    The strength or binding power of something based on ethics—whether it actually obligates people to follow it or respect it.
    Theoretically fundamental(philosophy of ethics and logic)
    Something that matters in the deepest, most basic way to a theory—as opposed to just being a surface-level difference.
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    (ethics and philosophy of action)
    When one person makes a decision or creates an obligation by themselves, without needing agreement from anyone else.
    Vows(ethics and social obligations)
    Serious, formal promises (like wedding vows) that someone makes, usually in front of others, that are meant to be binding.

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