Richard A. Wasserstrom | Lawyers as Professionals: Some Moral Issues
Wasserstrom discusses moral issues that arise when examining the lawyer-client relationship, focusing in particular on role-differentiated behavior among professionals. Providing a number of supporting reasons, he makes a case for a type of "deprofessionalizing" the legal profession that would counter the effects of the usual paternalistic and impersonal relationship between lawyers and clients.
-The special relationship between professionals and clients, according to Wasserstrom, is generally due to ___________ behavior.
A) passive
B) role-differentiated
C) cognitive
D) impulsive

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Wasserstrom argues that the special relationship between professionals and clients is generally due to role-differentiated behavior, where professionals act according to the roles and responsibilities specific to their profession, often leading to a paternalistic and impersonal dynamic.

Richard A Wasserstrom | Lawyers as Professionals: Some Moral Issues