(Mackie writes that one is never "logically committed" to offer allegiance to an institution).
John Shattuck, former Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and former Washington legal director of the ACLU has pointed to the constitutional definition of treason: a crime committed by a person "owing allegiance to the United States who... adheres to their enemies, giving them aid or comfort".
When the praetorians in Rome also renounced their allegiance, Nero lost his nerve and committed suicide.
Finally, the heavy role that business enterprises play in the training and socialization of their workers helps explain why surveys have found German workers to be deeply committed to their jobs and to exhibit strong allegiance to their organizations.
Allegiances shift, and brutal acts are committed, as Mr. Buffard conjures up scenes of rape and torture in which the morality of perpetrators, witnesses and even victims seems ever ambiguous.
Philip Hammond said such people had "sworn personal allegiance" to Islamic State (Isis) and could potentially have committed the offence.
The Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph have not expressly declared their allegiance in an editorial, but both are firmly committed to a Tory victory.
In allowing the Olson family to receive the ultimate sacrament of American healing -- a formal apology from the president in the Oval Office -- the C.I.A. tacitly acknowledged that it had committed a sin against the order that holds citizens in allegiance to their government.
But the Stalinist show trials and the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact put an end to his belief in communism and he switched allegiance to the Actionist party, a small political force committed to democratic socialism.
In the coming days, the Romney campaign hopes to win the allegiance of other prominent Republicans who have so far not committed to a candidate and who had shown interest in a Christie bid, such as the hedge fund magnate Paul Singer James B.. Lee, Jr., the vice chairman of JPMorganChase; and the financier Stanley F. Druckenmiller.
