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What are oaths good for?

Mona Oraby·

October 15, 2019

As American statesmen and a US Supreme Court Justice in the ’90s were figuring out what to do with their…

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Oaths are dangerous and necessary

Brandon Hogan·

September 24, 2019

While oaths and vows are essential and important, they are often fraught with uncertainty, ambiguity, and danger. Here I argue…

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I swear

Nancy Levene·

August 27, 2019

This forum is on the oath: the promise, the pledge, the vow, equally the curse, the malediction, the blasphemy.

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