Philosophy 2720F/G Study Guide - Legal Monopoly, Normative Economics, Soltyrei
14 Jul 2014
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Provide an important service to society: common features: Organization of members, representation of the profession. Legal monopoly over provision of services (practicing is a privilege conferred by the state ) Large degree of self-regulation: one doesn"t have a right to practice a profession, it is a privilege conferred by the state. Historically applied to work in which people used expert knowledge to serve public ends. Rather what is required is a prolonged interplay of thinking about problems, facing them and then thinking about them again with others who can bring critical scrutiny to bear on the quality of that thought (g 41) What purpose do the codes serve: negative perspective of davis purpose of the codes: to enhance the profession"s status (harris. Lecture 10 (start with objections to davis" overall argument, then argument from harris: objections to davis, rational self-interest: dictates not that one follow the rules, but that one make an exception of oneself.
