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Judges Oaths
Contents
The improvement
of morality and
religion to and
morality have
unquestionably
gone hand in
hand. But
how? Is it
religion that has
meliorated and
improved morality
fortified? – No –
it is morality
that has corrected
and improved religion.
Places Premiums
for Perjury.
Places or other
advantages, to
the enjoyment
of which oaths
subscriptions or
religious ceremonies
are
made necessary,
are so many
premiums for
perjury, solemn
falshood & profanation.
How easy would
it be for the English
Clergy to
rescue themselves
from this foul
reproach, and
place themselves
upon a level with
the rest of mankind
in point of
probity, if they
thought it prudent or worth their while?
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1
Cases in which a
promissory Oath
ought not to be
employed. p. 1, 3
1(a)
Example of all
University Oath. p. 1. &
1(b)
Example – Subscriptions
p. 3*.
2
It should not be so
worded as to be inefficaciousness
through
generality. p. 5
2(a)
Example Attorney
Oath. p. 5.
3
Cases proper for
the employment of
such an oath. p. 7.
1. Its general use
2. Cases
3. Wording
4. My oath conformable.
4
Another case of such
an Oath – to
restore a man to
emancipate a man
from the trammels
of particular influence.
p. 9, 10
5.
Example – sollicitation.
p. 11
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6
Application
that may be made
of it in this
way to other services.
p. 13
7.
As to the sanctionative
part it
should be so
worded as to include
men of all
persuasions. p. 15.
8.
It ought not
therefore to involve
a religious
creed. p. 17.
9
It ought not to
attempt to exclude
Atheists
p. 17, 19.
Atheist, if he scruple
perjury in a more
causes than a
Caution to confine
the accusation
to . p. 21
10
An oath may
be conceived in
different forms
according to the
importance of
the occasion.
p. 23.
11
The more the moral
sanction tie
of an oath strengthened
the more care ought
to be taken not to
overstrain or misapply
it. p. 25 – It
It ought not to
be applied to force
conscience, nor
otherwise than
in and of conscience.
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In binding men to
the observance of an
oath the power of the
moral tie is much beyond
that of the religions.
p. 1
2
The truth is not to the
less worthy of attention
for being an unpleasant
one.
3
Division the causes who have
the weakness of the religions
who have betrayed
it. p. 3.
4
Ineffic Proof of this
weakness, its weakness
when it acts without
the support of the moral.
p. 5.
Instance where oaths
taken are regarded &
where disregarded.
5
Conclusion – that this
an oath should never
be employed where
it has not the moral
sanction to support it.
p. 7.
6
Inconsistency of the vulgar
prejudice which
forbids self-consisting
oaths through fear of
perjury, preserving oaths
where perjury is certain.
p. 7.
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7
Whether an oath
is regarded or no
depends in general
upon whether the
application duty
it is employed to
sanction appears as useful,
indifferent or pernicious
to society.
p. 7*
8
This experiment
thus made is sufficient
to show that
all the good effects
that have been attributed
to the religious
sanction are owing
in principally
if not altogether
to the moral.
p. 9
The separate power of religion
is incontestable
only where it does
mischief. p. 9.
9.
It is morality that
has improved religion:
not religion,
morality. p. 11.
10
Care that ought
to be
Caution not to
overstrain the an
oath when strengthened
by the
being worded adapted so as to
collect catch the force of the
moral sanction, by
employing it to
force conscience.
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