The CEU Philosophy Department cordially invites you to a lecture by Thomas Pink (King's College, London)) on Promising and Moral Personality Friday,17 April, 5.00 PM, Zrinyi 14, Room 412 ABSTRACT What is the basis of promising and the obligation to keep promises? Is promising founded on human nature itself or is it, as Hume thought, the product of convention? The paper will argue that Hume's conventionalist approach is incoherent. The basis of promissory obligation is instead natural, and lies in two very different and contrasting aspects of human nature. Besides Hume there will be critical discussion of the theories of Grotius, Raz and Finnis, and of what a natural law account of the morality of a practice such as promising might involve. Kriszta Biber Department Coordinator Philosophy Department Tel: 36-1-327-3806 Fax: 36-1-327-3072 E-mail: biberk(a)ceu.hu