Normative powers without conventions

• Published in: Jurisprudence (Oxford, England) Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 35 - 47
• Main Author: Koch, Felix
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Routledge 02.01.2024
• Subjects: conventionalism; normative powers; Promising; rationality; Promising; conventionalism; rationality; normative powers

What exactly do we need to do in order to make a promise, or to exercise some other normative power? On a view relied on by many philosophers writing on promising, consent, and related phenomena, the answer is that we must communicate a suitable kind of intention. On this view, power-conferring prin...