Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1984
Publication Information
10 Queen's L.J. 1 (1984)
Abstract
The character of the “gentlemen” has served as a basis for ethics in professionalism. The purpose of this article is to describe the gentleman’s ethics, to explain its implications on the legal profession, to test its adequacy, and to argue that the gentleman’s ethic veered wrong by moving away from its religious tradition. In particular, the author analyzes its adequacy by engaging in four tests including (1) whether the gentleman’s ethic survives conceptions of class and professionalism; (2) whether it provides the skills needed for dealing with power and institutions; (3) whether it takes into account the “tragic nature of the moral life”’ and (4) whether it gives adequate consideration to suffering.
Recommended Citation
Thomas L. Shaffer,
The Gentleman in Professional Ethics,
10 Queen's L.J. 1 (1984).
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