[ExI] pussy riot case

Adrian Tymes atymes at gmail.com
Wed Aug 22 16:31:54 UTC 2012


On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 5:53 AM, Ben Zaiboc <bbenzai at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Kelly Anderson <kellycoinguy at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Army Pfc. Bradley Manning swore an oath to protect his countries
>> secrets, then violated that oath. That's a little stronger expectation
>> of loyalty than "some"...
>
> Do you think an oath, once sworn, must be binding under *all circumstances*, including a change in the perceived nature of the entity the oath was sworn to?
>
> In other words, do you think that divorce, for example, should never be allowed under any circumstances?  That there is never a moral obligation to violate an oath under any circumstances, even if you find that the oath would lead you to do evil things?

A divorce gets filed, officially and formally, thus ending the obligation.
A change such as what you mention can be one reason for a divorce,
but there is still an announced transition from oath-bound to on longer
oath-bound.

There was no equivalent act here.  The guy was still a Pfc.



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