Theintrinsic value of the professions for the common good, like contributingto justice or nurturing physical or spiritual health, melt down into amonetary nexus. Since the 1960s the cultural ethos has favored unrestricted commercialism. It was one of the great unintended consequences of a rejection of a perceivedoppressive tradition and a celebration of tolerance was supposed to bringout the best in each human being. Unfortunately, the revolution undeterminedthe institutions of culture that temper the greed celebrated by the market. Since the 1960s the value of personal gain in the legal profession hasincreased greatly.
Money increasingly rules the profession.
All segments of the legal profession have substantially lost theirsense of internal restraint. The transcendental purpose contributes to the moral heath of society. If, in a market economy, a profession does not attend to its transcendentalpurpose, money will sweep the field as the determiner of value. Profession came into use in late medieval period. The core meaningis a taking of religious vows.