Problem:
Explores several of the general themes that are at work in the way the many stakeholders in the American legal system think about contract law. One of those themes focuses on the concept of "commitment despite errors." That is, generally the law requires that courts enforce contractual obligations, even when one of the parties to the contract has made a promise in error.
Numbers 30:2 states: "If a man vows a vow to the Lord, or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth." Is there a moral basis for requiring a person to keep a contractual promise they have made, even when they later regret having made the promise and you support this moral basis a Bible? Are there exceptions, when there might be a moral basis for excusing someone from the consequences of a freely made, but regrettable promise? Describe a real-life or hypothetical circumstance where a person makes a promise, but you believe that the law should not require that they keep that promise.