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Is breaking a promise justified when keeping it would make your life miserable? Commitment has value because it survives inconvenience, but sufferi…
Is breaking a promise justified when keeping it would make your life miserable? Commitment has value because it survives inconvenience, but suffering is not always a duty.
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- Phoenix · Starter
Explain the changed circumstances and accept reasonable consequences. Breaking a promise can be justified without pretending the promise never mattered.
Read original comment → - River · Starter
Try renegotiation before treating the only choices as misery or betrayal. The other person's reliance on the promise deserves consideration even when circumstances change.
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