ABSTRACT
Having constructed a theoretical model and then applied it to the case study evidence in the previous chapter, some valuable insights emerged in respect of professional practice. This chapter highlights the extent to which the ‘subjectivist’ perspective is limited in understanding what people do and why they do it. It explores one of the most profoundly hidden aspects of professional practice, the issue of ‘interest’. The chapter shows the extent to which the ‘game’ remains hidden or at least obfuscated by the players themselves. It presents the arguments and analyses which weaken the utilitarian conceptualisation of professional practice, since it is clear, that the transparency that underpins notions of rationality and choice, are mostly illusory. The chapter also shows the extent to which professional competence and a highly developed ability to seamlessly segue between modes of justification exist proportionately to each other.
