... an conception that will be well maintained and equally appreciated by all cultural and religions, especially those distinct from Western cultural basis. After all, cultural is biased, and it should not be understood as a stable or steady ground to bring up enforceability on individuals as to fulfilling certain obligations. Fried's view also presupposes an intention to be bound on the part of the promisor, "an individual is morally bound to keep his promises because he has intentionally invoked a convention whose function it is to give grounds-moral grounds-for another to expect the promised performance".2 He advocates the conception proposed by the will theory, which sees the contractual obligation as essentially self-imposed.3 It is suggested that this conception carry out an implication of liberal individualism, as individuals are at free choices when facing whether to bring up such obligation at the moment of promising. Notwithstanding the fact that " ...

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