Philosophy of Everyday Life
Spring Schedule
Jan 30 | Philosophy of Fame
Feb 13 | Philosophy of Promises and Oaths
Feb 27 | Philosophy of Jokes
Mar 27 | Philosophy of the News
Philosophy of Promises and Oaths
Feb 13 | 6.00-7.30pm | Elm Library
Is it wrong to make a promise if you can’t be sure that you will be able to keep it? Are wedding vows simply an especially solemn kind of promise? Are professional oaths an anachronism?
A discussion over dinner, this even is open to all current Yale students. Spaces are limited; RSVP using the form below.
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Tis not the many oaths that makes the truth / But the plain single vow that is vow’d true.
William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well