Author : Shao Bo, researcher of "Legal Risk Watch" The
lawyer's vanity
film tells the story of a young lawyer who was confronted by evil forces and tortured his soul.
The law profession is always a popular subject in universities, and lawyers are also a high-paying career that everyone envies. Because of its own characteristics, the law has become a passport that is not only close to life, but also towards privilege.
In this film, John Mitton, the incarnation of the devil Satan, apparently took a fancy to Kevin's invincible and eloquent talents. In fact, Satan hopes to use lawyers as tools to subvert the legal system and protect criminals against goodness. The screen muttered to himself: "The law allows us to reach all areas and is the best backdoor pass."
The English name of the film is "Devil's Advocate". Among them, "Advocate" has a double meaning, which means both "advocate" and "lawyer".
A law school professor said: "Justice and fairness are always the ultimate pursuit of legal professionals." But a law firm partner may say: "The client's interest is the foundation of a lawyer's life." When the client's interests and social justice conflict, the major Some lawyers will face the choice of Kevin in the play.
Mozi told the Chinese people as early as a thousand years ago that fish and bear's paw cannot have both, life and righteousness cannot have both, and the interests of the parties and the concept of justice cannot have both in most cases. This may be the first lesson that lawyers should learn. Which of the two is more important, everyone has their own ruler in their hearts.
Just as the balance representing the judiciary shows that the prosecution and the defense have checks and balances with each other and their interests run counter to each other.
The most shocking moment of "Devil's Advocate" comes from the last twenty minutes of the film. After experiencing a painful struggle, Kevin decides to use suicide to solve everything. The devil seems to have failed. Suddenly, the camera turned and returned to the original scene of the movie. Kevin stood in front of the sink and was about to step into the courtroom to defend the teacher who molested the girl who had been acquitted under his brilliant defense. Fate gave him another choice. Opportunity, everything in the past seems to be just a nightmare, Kevin knew the final result of the choice, so he hugged his wife affectionately, gave up the record of winning streak, and calmly faced the first time in his life that he took the initiative to choose failure for justice.
While rejoicing and cheering for it, the reporter who interviewed him told him, "I will make you popular because of your act of sacrificing your image for justice!", Kevin fell into the trap again, the reporter's face At this moment, he turned into a devil's face. He grinned and looked at Kevin's back, and said the last line of the film: "Vanity is my favorite original sin."
I believe that in the face of right and wrong, most people will not sell your soul. But in our daily life, we are constantly compromising on many small choices. In the flashy world, vanity is omnipresent, and many people will have all kinds of real troubles, busy with houses, cars, and bills. These small choices still have the essence of "can't resist vanity", and with the gradual loss of guilt, they may eventually evolve into great evils.
As Kevin just wants to keep the lawyer's "undefeated" record. The devil said, "I'll give you power, but I'll take away your guilt."
Where is the moral bottom line of a lawyer? The profession is destined that lawyers will always be secularized. When confronted with money and human nature every day, vanity choices are everywhere. Lawyers are more likely to be tempted by Satan than others. , which may be the most contradictory in the minds of lawyers.
Satan will not declare defeat, he is lurking in every corner to see for the opportunity. When the next round of temptation comes, maybe another lawyer like Kevin will come forward and fight for fairness and justice. However, who will protect the souls of lawyers who are breathing between conscience and temptation, the struggle between evil forces and inner darkness will never end.
Just because you resist this path does not mean that there are no pitfalls on the other path you take. This is a paradox and a fate that lawyers cannot resolve themselves.
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