2006-12-12 16:56:51 · 8 answers · asked by yanz 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
It's more prestigious and requires a higher degree.
2006-12-12 16:59:06 · answer #1 · answered by graduatecj08 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a complicated question. In the old days, medicine was a trade and not very prestigious. With increased knowledge and academics, it became a profession. So, my answer is that a field such as law or medicine becomes a profession when there is a unique field of academics behind it. You can be a professor of law, or a medical professor. Even though you can be a professor of basket weaving, that is not a unique field in itself, but a branch of the arts. But the distincton is vague. For instance, a professional painter is typically thought of as someone who has enough business to do that as their job, while an amateur is defined by the need to do other business to support themselves. Another way to look at it is the subject is licenses. If a state requres a license to practice the job, the person who gets the license might say they are a professional.
2006-12-13 01:08:39 · answer #2 · answered by info_thick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Historically (like at least for 300 years) the professions were jobs that required some kind of certification thru a degree. Doctors Lawyers, Teachers, Religious Ministers were historically the professions. Pretty much the only degrees that were awarded for hundreds of years were the requirements for these 5 professions. It is only in the last 100 years where the types of degrees have broadened that this historical designations of 'professions' have become sort of meaningless. The designation of profession is a throw back to a bygone age. Trades have typically referred to artisans who work with their hands rather than their brains (as idiotic as that sounds).
2006-12-13 01:05:40 · answer #3 · answered by Hayley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Professions are vocations that
1- require specialized education,
2- a state controlled exam, and
3- a state license.
2006-12-13 03:49:37 · answer #4 · answered by bettysdad 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
trades go back into history and were meant to reflect the manufacturing of goods. professions were meant to reflect the educated classes of those who were members of the merchanrt class and of the ruling class.
2006-12-13 01:02:44 · answer #5 · answered by de bossy one 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a profession is considered somehting you have to go to school and be highly educated for, were a trade is something that you learn like a skill...blacksmith.
2006-12-13 01:00:39 · answer #6 · answered by jon d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As you said it's a profession and they work hard just to keep it as such.
2006-12-13 01:00:44 · answer #7 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It requires specialized training.
2006-12-13 01:01:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋