Also -- fascinating comment! -- your analysis of Sam as a lawyer made me smile. Now, after so many years of study and more than a glimpse of practice, what we learned in our very first lesson was confirmed: Law is not about morality; it gives you no ethical guidance. It does, of course, set certain limits/ for moral conduct, but as all moral judgements are implied and often vague as well as arbitrary, within that framework, you still have to look away from the codes and sections and either inside (which wouldn't work for your Sam, yeah) or to others (preferably not attorneys-at-law).