Practical Moral Philosophy for Lawyers

Scenes from the Front

Scene 1: A Lawyer Turns Reflective

Seymour Wishman, Confessions of a Criminal Lawyer 3-18 (New York: Penguin Books, 1981)

Scene 2: A Law Office Conversation

Louis Auchincloss, Diary of a Yuppie 3-11 (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986)

Scene 3: More Law Office Talk Between Lawyers

Louis Auchincloss, The Partners 32-34 (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974)

Scene 4: Sadhus We Meet Along the Way

Bowen McCoy, The Parable of the Sadhu, 61 Harv. Bus. Rev. 103 (Sept/Oct., 1983)

Scene 5: Talking With Clients

"Equitable Awards," in Louis Auchincloss, Narcissa and Other Tales 52-70 (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1983)

Scene 6: Another Law Office Conversation With a Divorce Client

Stephen Greenleaf, The Ditto List 3-37 (New York: Ballantine Books, 1985)

Scene 7: Lawyers With No Confession to Make

George V. Higgins, Kennedy for the Defense 1-17 (New York: Henry Holt and Company Book, 1980)

Scene 8: Lawyers Working the Edge

Walter Walker, A Dime to Dance By 36-43 (New York: Penguin Books, 1985)

 

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