Dialogue Prompt: You are the lawyer for a wealthy, now recently-deceased billionaire who has left his entire fortune to his dog. Even though he has no other family, you see this as a terrible waste of money and realize that if you alter his will, you could instead use his estate to set up a foundation dedicated to feeding the homeless. You are quite certain no one would find out, since only you knew about your client’s true wishes. What should you do? Is a lawyer who misrepresents his deceased client’s wishes doing something that is equivalent to lying? If so, does the 9th commandment permit lying for a good cause? Defend your answer in light of the 9th commandment while considering the following concepts from Week 3: justice, perfect duties, and imperfect duties.
Write a dialogue post that provides an answer the questions above. Apply the concepts presented in this week’s readings to formulate your initial response and your reply to at least one classmate. Initial posts must have 250-350 words, and the response post to one classmate must have 100-125 words.
A successful post and response will contain the following elements:
Meets the word count guidelines and is on time.
Is a thoughtful answer to the questions presented in the assignment instructions.
Demonstrates an understanding of course concepts such as justice, perfect and imperfect duties, and the natural/moral law and integrates these concepts into the posts.
Makes use of the assigned readings and incorporates either quotes or paraphrase to make a point more clear.
Demonstrates excellent readability and is error-free.
