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Natural Law And The "Is"-"Ought" Question: An Invitation To Professor Veatch, John M. Finnis
Natural Law And The "Is"-"Ought" Question: An Invitation To Professor Veatch, John M. Finnis
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This Article invites Professor Henry Veatch to consider some of Finnis' previous work. Finnis asserts that his work presents "serious questions" for those who interpret Aristotle and Acquinas in the way the Veatch does and invites Veatch to respond.
Christian Lawyer Stories And American Legal Ethics, Thomas L. Shaffer
Christian Lawyer Stories And American Legal Ethics, Thomas L. Shaffer
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My view of legal ethics rests on, or at least involves, a couple of biases. For one thing, I think of legal ethics as an ethical subject rather than as a legal subject. When it comes to "professional responsibility" I am more interested in morals than I am in law. In this (and in very little else), I am in agreement with Dean Monroe Freedman, who said, in a lecture dedicated to the memory of Pope John XXIII, that the question which interests him is whether a good person can be a lawyer. For Freedman, I think, and for me, …
The Legal Ethics Of Servanthood, Thomas L. Shaffer
The Legal Ethics Of Servanthood, Thomas L. Shaffer
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I would like mainly to talk with you about, a consequential question, and that is whether the ethics of the New Testament are of any value in discussing professional morality. Such a question is probably f value to Jews and Christians; the New Testament is mostly about Jesus of Nazareth and (1) professionals to whom Jesus is of ultimate importance might claim to find value for their lives in his life. And (2) the God of Jesus is the God of Israel. The moral principles of Jesus are the moral principles of Israel. The question is of value, too, I …
David Hoffman's Law School Lectures, 1822-1833, Thomas L. Shaffer
David Hoffman's Law School Lectures, 1822-1833, Thomas L. Shaffer
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The Baltimore lawyer and teacher David Hoffman (1784-1854), the father of American legal ethics, was also the first of the systematic American legal educators. He held one of the first appointments in this country as a university law professor (at the University of Maryland, 1814-43) and wrote the first American outline of the study of law. Joseph Story, in a contemporary review of the 1817 Course, called Hoffman's work "an honour to our country[,] . . . by far the most perfect system for the study of the law that has ever been offered to the public. " Chancellor James …
Moral Theology In Legal Ethics, Thomas L. Shaffer
Moral Theology In Legal Ethics, Thomas L. Shaffer
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I am talking at a Lutheran university and therefore should probably have some theses, some propositions that I could nail to the chapel door. But I'm afraid I have failed Martin Luther: I have only one thesis and it is not ready for a nail. It is still as much a question as a thesis. My question is whether there is any point in including moral theology in the study of legal ethics in the university. Let me be candid: I teach the typical required course in "professional responsibility," and I do a lot of writing on ethics, and I …