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\n\nABSTRACT
\nNormative powers are often assumed or defined to be abilities to change requirements by one&rsquo\;s say so. Promise and command generate duties (and so requirement)\; consent waives them. I argue that alongside such deontic powers\, we enjoy a suite of non-deontic powers: abilities to shape non-requiring interpersonal norms by our say so. Suppose that we are meeting and we explicitly agreed to talk for an hour\, but I see that the day is really getting away from you\; it would be helpful to you to end early. My keeping you is permissible but still interpersonally defective&mdash\;it&rsquo\;s rude\, imposing\, graceless\, etc. You can change that by your say so\; you could\, for instance\, tell me &ldquo\;don&rsquo\;t worry about it!&rdquo\; Your say so is not deontic consent as it did not change what was permissible\; but it did make a normative difference\, rendering my carrying on no longer graceless or rude. I defend a set of three atomic nondeontic powers that I call &ldquo\;allowance\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;assurance\,&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;pressure&rdquo\; (analogues of consent\, promise\, and command). Molecular powers\, most importantly the power exercised in telling another &ldquo\;I love you\,&rdquo\; are built out of atomic ones. The upshot is a novel theory of ubiquitous\, understudied normative phenomena and a picture on which the deontic and non-deontic dimensions of interpersonal life are continuous.
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