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Practical Moral Philosophy for Lawyers Yes, this thing with Ms. Lewis happened but I have reasons to explain it. The reasons are numerous. No one ever really confronted me before with what I was doing. I was just doing the kind of thing a lawyer must do. But the confrontation with Ms. Lewis was disconcerting. Could it be that she sees me in a way I cannot see myself? Maybe, I didn't deal with Ms. Lewis in an appropriate way. Perhaps what I did was wrong. If what I did was wrong, perhaps the reasons I've given for doing it are suspect. The more I talk through this with myself the more I see what happened with Ms. Lewis as a symptom of a larger problem. I've managed to get on with my life without thinking about the kinds of questions that this business with Ms. Lewis raises. I was so busy being a lawyer and getting on with my career that I managed to avoid dealing with some of the questions that being a lawyer raises. Now, I'm in a position to consider the possibility I was mistaken in putting such concerns aside all these years. In the book I'm trying to deal with questions that I've put aside over the years.
Isn't Wishman carrying on a conversation with himself?
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