Referenda Under Oath

Coordination with Communication under Oath

Herein we explore whether the social psychology theory of commitment via a truth-telling oath can reduce coordination failure. Using a classic sequential coordination game, we ask all players to sign voluntarily a truth-telling oath before playing the game with cheap-talk communication. Three results emerge with commitment-via-the-oath: (1) coordination increased by nearly 50 percent; (2) sende...

Oath of Hippocrates

Hippocrates' Oath is challenged.

Dutch medical oath.

In the first part of this article, the booklet Dutch Medical Oath is reviewed. The content of the new oath is discussed as are the reasons for revision of the previous version of the oath. This is followed by a short history of the oath. In the second part of the article the oath is compared with the seven competencies of a medical specialist. The new oath contains elements of six of these seve...

Oath of Canadian Citizenship