'Cheater!': The Central Moral Admonition of Legal Ethics, Games, Lusory Attitudes, Internal Perspectives, and Justice
31 Pages Posted: 17 Feb 2003
Abstract
Starting with the puzzle of why the moral admonition of "cheater" has gone missing from legal ethics courses, this article, with the help of a much expanded version of Bernard Suit's definition of "game," argues that the lusory attitude upon which this moral admonition depends should be the pedagogical goal of legal ethics. Instead, the argument continues - partly in a response to Arthur Applbaum - law students are taught an attitude quite at odds with it. This is, I argue, much to the detriment of the profession, those affected by it, and, finally, to an adequate understanding of the practice's relationship to justice.
Keywords: "legal ethics", cheating, cheater, ethics, "lusory attitude", justice, "internal perspective", teach, "moral admonition", "legal ethics courses", game, Suits, Applbaum, Walzer, play
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