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- noun Plural form of
promisee .
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Examples
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There are two categories in the taxonomy: Those theories which explain promissory obligations by reference to the convention or practice of promising, and those which do so by appeal to the expectations that promises yield in their promisees.
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This is so because the consequential value of the rule of promise keeping depends on the expectations of promisees.
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Unlike an act utilitarian society, promising and trusting in promises makes sense in a rule utilitarian society, because promisees can rest assured that promisers won't do the local utility calculation to determine whether or not to keep their promises, but rather will obey the rule of promising.
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If there is a convention in place that governs promises, and if that convention is such as to inspire confidence in promisees that promisers will keep their promises, then promises can be said to generate the necessary expectations.
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The other approach to promissory obligations is an appeal to the expectations that promises create in their promisees.
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So even if we assume for the sake of argument that the AoA was the promisee under the 1891 Agreement as suggested above, a case could be made that in fact the individual alumni were actually the promisees and not third-party beneficiaries, individual alumni were quite obviously the intended beneficiaries of the agreement and have standing to sue.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Oral Argument in Dartmouth College Alumni Case: 2009
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And since mere reason isn't enough (ex hypothesi) to make that guarantee, promisees can't trust promisers.
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Principle F is reasonable (i.e., a real moral principle with normative force) because the reasons potential promisees have not to be deceived outweigh the reasons potential promisors have to deceive.
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Perhaps your intimate relationships are more valuable than my own, and I could promote more good by devoting myself to helping you to maintain your relationships to family, friends, colleagues, and promisees.
Special Obligations Jeske, Diane 2008
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First, the consequentialist can argue that, in fact, each person acting so as to benefit her friends, loved ones, promisees, etc., will have the best overall consequences.
Special Obligations Jeske, Diane 2008
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