ABSTRACT

The transgressions which have only to do with the practice of the profession come in merely for a rather vague censure outside the strictly professional field. The society as a whole feels no concern in professional ethics, it is imperative that there be special groups in the society, within which these morals may be evolved, and whose business it is to see they be observed. Such groups are and can only be formed by bringing together individuals of the same profession or professional groups. Furthermore, whilst common morality has the mass of society as its sole sub-stratum and only organ, the organs of professional ethics are manifold. Professional ethics find their right place between the family morals and civic morals. The chapter also discusses professional ethics. Each branch of professional ethics being the product of the professional group, its nature will be that of the group.