really? I hope we would not have to resort to OTHER-ing our clients in order to justify defending them.
I am thinking ethics here. The idea that we only know ourselves through the way we treat others is problematic in significant ways. Most importantly, for me at least, is that it creates social categories (i.e., race, class, gender, sexuality, etc.) in which we classify folks. And in public defending, such a philosophy can represent what we do as a kind of charity or gift.
anyway, I dig the gesture; I think anybody who asks the question in the first place is not going to get the plea to consider the act of public defense Christian. In fact, looking at the hisotry of Christianity, the opposite is actually true. It might be that Christians are more akin to finding pleasure in the process of prosecution.
really? I hope we would not have to resort to OTHER-ing our clients in order to justify defending them.
ReplyDeleteI am thinking ethics here. The idea that we only know ourselves through the way we treat others is problematic in significant ways. Most importantly, for me at least, is that it creates social categories (i.e., race, class, gender, sexuality, etc.) in which we classify folks. And in public defending, such a philosophy can represent what we do as a kind of charity or gift.
anyway, I dig the gesture; I think anybody who asks the question in the first place is not going to get the plea to consider the act of public defense Christian. In fact, looking at the hisotry of Christianity, the opposite is actually true. It might be that Christians are more akin to finding pleasure in the process of prosecution.