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 ___________ of the lawyer guarantees that every criminal defendant, guilty or innocent, deserves to be well represented.
A) approach
B) amorality
C) inclination
D) intuition

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Wasserstrom argues that the amorality of the lawyer ensures that every defendant, regardless of guilt, deserves competent representation, as lawyers are expected to set aside personal moral judgments in favor of their professional duty.

Richard A Wasserstrom | Lawyers as Professionals: Some Moral Issues