Practical Moral Philosophy for Lawyers

 Awards & Citations


August 30, 2000

"This site represents a systematic effort to re-imagine lawyer ethics as a necessary common-sense inquiry. The proposed inquiry draws on literature and other disciplines rather than traditional academic writings in moral philosophy. While the site focuses on lawyer ethics it should be seen as having broader implications in the pedagogy of professional ethics."


October, 1999

The Virtual Classroom Philosophy Awards program, naming Practical Moral Philosophy for Lawyers a "virtual classroom," cites the course for its "extensive selection of reading and writing exercises designed to provoke reflection and introspective by law students."

 

Featured Site of the Week: May 10-16, 1999

The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics awarded the site: . The Center noted that Practical Moral Philosophy for Lawyers "discusses the tensions between law and ethics, professional morality and ordinary morality" and "[f]eatures readings and exercises."

 

"In the materials assembled for this course, Prof. Elkins continually challenges students to study themselves and their lives as they try to understand the ethical implications of legal practice for themselves."


April, 1999 

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