This paper develops a new theory of the morality of promissory obligations. T. M. Scanlon notoriously argued that promising consists in assuring the promisee that we will do something. I disagree. I argue that it is true that promising consists in assuring the promisee, but what the promisor gives to the promisee is not an assurance that they will do something, but that the normative situation is in a certain way.

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规范保证带来希望

本文发展了一种新的承诺义务道德理论。TM Scanlon 臭名昭著地认为，承诺在于向受诺人保证我们会做某事。我不同意。我认为，承诺确实在于向受诺人保证，但承诺者向受诺人提供的并不是他们会做某事的保证，而是规范情况以某种方式进行的保证。