Sep 6 2011: I enjoyed your talk. I servered at McMourd station during the 90's with summer support crew form the US Navy. That was the closet I was able to get to the Pole. I would love to go back again someday and actualy get to the pole. My biggest thrill was to go ice cave exploring with my co workers in the glacier near the station.
Sep 6 2011: The golden rule is not the turn the other cheek rule. The golden rule does not exclude protecting oneself or from reacting to what was done to you. While both statements were said by Jesus I doubt that he meant either to mean that you let some one kill you since if you are dead you have no ability to turn the other cheek.
Sep 6 2011: I believe Ironside was a police not a lawyer but Raymond Burr's other character Perry Mason was a defense lawyer who's clients where accused of crimes they did not commit so he had to look for the evidence to prove thier innocents. Ironside however as a police was looking for evidence to capture the criminals.
The problem is with lawyers who know that thier clients are guilty, the code of ethics for a lawyer prevents the lawyer from providing the damaging evidence to the prosecutor and requires the lawyer to defend the criminal to the best of thier abilities and word manipulation while unethical is not illegal however actually lying about evidence is illegal.
Sep 6 2011: A relationship exists between law and ethics. In some instances, law and ethics overlap and what is perceived as unethical is also illegal. In other situations, they do not overlap. In some cases, what is perceived as unethical is still legal, and in others, what is illegal is perceived as ethical. A behavior may be perceived as ethical to one person or group but might not be perceived as ethical by another. Further complicating this dichotomy of behavior, laws may have been legislated, effectively stating the government’s position, and presumably the majority opinion, on the behavior. As a result, in today’s diverse business environment, one must consider that law and ethics are not necessarily the same thing. http://ansteadsue.tripod.com/ethics.htm
Morality can influence the law in the sense that it can provide the reason for making whole groups of immoral actions illegal.
Law can be a public expression of morality which codifies in a public way the basic principles of conduct which a society accepts. In that way it can guide the educators of the next generation by giving them a clear outline of the values society wants taught to its children http://www.wku.edu/~jan.garrett/320/320lawmo.htm
Both morality and ethics can either be part of the law and not apart of the law.
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The problem is with lawyers who know that thier clients are guilty, the code of ethics for a lawyer prevents the lawyer from providing the damaging evidence to the prosecutor and requires the lawyer to defend the criminal to the best of thier abilities and word manipulation while unethical is not illegal however actually lying about evidence is illegal.
A reply on Conversation: Is it MORAL for a smart LAWYER to twist the meaning of words of law to save a CONVICT about whom s/he is sure to be a convict ?
Morality can influence the law in the sense that it can provide the reason for making whole groups of immoral actions illegal.
Law can be a public expression of morality which codifies in a public way the basic principles of conduct which a society accepts. In that way it can guide the educators of the next generation by giving them a clear outline of the values society wants taught to its children http://www.wku.edu/~jan.garrett/320/320lawmo.htm
Both morality and ethics can either be part of the law and not apart of the law.