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.
-In comparing lawyers to parents and scientists, Wasserstrom is making the point that
A) lawyers must put their own interests above their clients'.
B) clients are not owed representation if they are guilty.
C) it is often necessary to put aside moral considerations when championing a client's self-interest.
D) there is never a reason for overstepping moral guidelines when it comes to representing a client's self-interest.

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Wasserstrom argues that lawyers often engage in role-differentiated behavior, which can require them to set aside personal moral considerations to effectively represent their clients' interests.

Richard A Wasserstrom | Lawyers as Professionals: Some Moral Issues