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- Title
SCANLON OF PROMISSORY OBLIGATION: THE PROBLEM OF PROMISEES' RIGHTS.
- Authors
Gilbert, Margaret
- Abstract
Argues that Thomas Scanlon's account of promissory obligation does not explain the existence of promisees' rights which makes his account of promissory obligation inadequate. View of H. L. A. Hart on moral and special rights, and the character of directed obligation; Correlativity between rights and directed obligations; Details of Scanlon's account of promissory obligation; Evaluation of Scanlon's account.
- Subjects
PROMISE (Law); OBLIGATIONS (Law); NATURAL obligations; HART, H. L. A. (Herbert Lionel Adolphus), 1907-1992; SCANLON, Thomas; PHILOSOPHERS; PHILOSOPHY
- Publication
Journal of Philosophy, 2004, Vol 101, Issue 2, p83
- ISSN
0022-362X
- Publication type
Article