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You are an attorney, and the local court has appointed you to represent a defendant who has been charged with aggravated assault and battery. The prosecutor originally intended to charge attempted murder. The victim suffered serious injury, and the police suspected that a weapon of some type was used, but never was able to find one. The defendant has maintained that there was no weapon.​ Your client tells you that he has a friend that you can call as a witness. Even though this friend was not actually present at the incident, he is willing to claim that he saw the altercation and will testify that the defendant acted in self-defense, and without a weapon. You refuse to call a witness that you know will not tell the truth. This action would indicate your view that you are serving as your client’s:​

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Answer:

Moral Agent

Explanation:

A moral agent in ethics is a term that describes a person or individual who has the ability to determine which is right from wrong, and he is legally to be held accountable for his or her own actions.

Moral agents, who can be a lawyer or attorney some times, has a moral responsibility not to cause unjustified harm.

Hence, in this case, refusing to call a witness that i know will not tell the truth would indicate my view that i am serving as my client’s Moral Agent.

Note that, ordinarily, moral agency is ordained or assigned only to individual who can be held responsible for their actions.

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