Download or read book Lawyers, Clients and Moral Responsibility written by Thomas L. Shaffer and published by West Academic Publishing. This book was released on 1994 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended for use in law school courses that teach the fundamentals of legal ethics in conjunction with the current edition of West's Professional Responsibility Standards, Rules & Statutes. Contains readings on moral philosophy. Includes parts of John Stuart Mill's essay on utilitarianism, a discussion of the golden rule, and parts of Immanuel Kant's discussion of the categorical imperative. Includes a set of problems for discussion in the classroom and background readings for each major topic. Includes ethics rules, judicial opinions, ethics committee opinions, and excerpts from articles and books written by judges, lawyers, and law teachers.