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 posts must have 250-350 wrds
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.