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Taka Posted 21 years ago
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association

The rich and the powerful will always be with us. We can only ask that they recognize that with their priviliges come responsibilities. Social conventions, professional associations, moral obligations, the gentleman's code---all were attempts to civilize the strong. In the past, American society expected these men and women to behave themselves and in some way participate in the public life of the land.

What exactly are 'professional associations' here? It doesn't seem like they are some sort of groups of professionals. Are those like things that remind you of what professional is all about?
  

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Hi, Yes, I think so. 'Association' can mean a group of people, or what my dictionary describes as 'a mental connection between ideas'. I think this latter meaning, of the ideas of what it means to be a professional person, fits in with 'conventions', 'obligations' and a 'code'.

— Clive

  • Hi, Yes, I think so.
  • 'Association' can mean a group of people, or what my dictionary describes as 'a mental connection between ideas'.
  • I think this latter meaning, of the ideas of what it means to be a professional person, fits in with 'conventions', 'obligations' and a 'code'.
  • Clive
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Hi,

Yes, I think so. 'Association' can mean a group of people, or what my dictionary describes as 'a mental connection between ideas'. I think this latter meaning, of the ideas of what it means to be a professional person, fits in with 'conventions', 'obligations' and a 'code'.

Clive
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