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We ought to keep a promise

    { 1 } - only when doing so has the best consequences.
    { 2 } - in most cases but not under some extenuating circumstances.
    { 3 } - in all cases.

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We ought to keep a promise

Ross says that our duty to keep a promise isn't automatically overridden if some other action would bring about slightly more total good.

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2 is correct!

We ought to keep a promise

    { 1 } - only when doing so has the best consequences.
    { 2 } - in most cases but not under some extenuating circumstances.
    { 3 } - in all cases.

You promise to take your children to the zoo, but your uncle has a emergency and needs to be driven to the hospital. Here it's all right to break the promise. The duty to keep the promise is overridden by a more pressing duty.

Ross would add that you still owe something to your children. Explain that you're sorry and take them to the zoo later.

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We ought to keep a promise

    { 1 } - only when doing so has the best consequences.
    { 2 } - in most cases but not under some extenuating circumstances.
    { 3 } - in all cases.

Ross says that we ought to break a trivial promise when this avoids great harm or produces much good.

He opposes exceptionless principles because he thinks that extenuating circumstances are always possible.

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