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In The Good Wife and Philosophy, fifteen philosophers look at the
deeper issues raised by this stirring TV drama.
The Good Wife gives us courtroom battles in the tradition of Perry
Mason, with the added dimension of a political intrigue and a
tormented personal story. We witness the interplay between common
morality and legal correctness; sometimes following one violates
the other. Lawyers operate within the law and within legal ethics,
yet routinely do harmful things in pursuit of their clients'
interests. The adversarial system leads to such strategies as
stringing out a case to exhaust the other side's resources and
bringing suits ostensibly because of wrongdoing by defendants but
really to curtail the defendants as a competitive threat to some
important client's interest.
The idea for The Good Wife came from the recurring news drama of
wives standing by their husbands when scandal breaks: the wives of
Bill Clinton, Elliott Spitzer, and John Edwards. Often these
politicians' spouses are themselves lawyers who have had to cope
with the gray areas of legal battles and maneuvering. Following her
husband's disgrace and imprisonment, Alicia Florrick has to return
to the law, which she abandoned for the sake of being a full-time
wife and mother.
The product of a Kickstarter fundraising campaign, "Clear and
Present Thinking" is a college-level textbook in logic and critical
thinking. Chapters: 1. Questions, Problems, and World Views 2. Good
and Bad Thinking Habits 3. Basics of Argumentation 4. Fallacies 5.
Reasonable Doubt 6. Moral Reasoning In an effort to reduce the cost
of education for students, this textbook was funded by over 700
people through the Kickstarter online crowd-funding platform. This
softcover edition is available here for the lowest reasonable
price. All profits from the sale of this print edition will go
towards funding future free or nearly-free college textbook
projects.
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