Question
Swamiji, I wanted to ask a
question regarding dharma and swadharma.
Let us take the instance of a lawyer
by profession. A lawyer’s job is to defend his clients. But if the client is a
criminal, who, for instance, has killed or cheated people.
What karmas will the lawyer get? On
one hand he is doing his duty as a lawyer to defend his client. On the other hand,
whom he is defending is not on the path of dharma.
Answer
First of all, the profession
of a lawyer involves certain codes of ethics. One of the four codes of legal
ethics reads as follows:
The ideal of fidelity
to the law and justice if the system is not to be sabotaged by clients who will
pay a lawyer to anything (the social responsibility ideal).
Therefore,
a lawyer is not a liar. He is not supposed to manipulate with the evidences and
present false and misleading evidences. His duty is to do his best to ensure
justice to his client.
Therefore,
a lawyer is not deviating from the Dharma as long as he adheres to the ethics
of his profession.
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