Why do lawyers defend the most serious criminals?

the most typical feature of modernity is hierarchy. Rationality is the core concept, and people's ideal is to act according to their own professional requirements and perform their due roles and functions. As an important profession in modern society, lawyers are nothing more than an ordinary part of social life. People who engage in the profession of lawyers should perform the functions required by lawyers' social roles, that is, to defend people. Therefore, helping people who commit heinous crimes to defend themselves is nothing more than the work of people who engage in the profession of lawyers, and there is nothing morally wrong with it.

the necessity of a society ruled by law. The legal society pays attention to "there are laws to follow, and laws must be followed", which is not only manifested in the evidence of legal provisions, but also in the legitimacy of the law enforcement process. Requesting a lawyer to defend is a legitimate and reasonable demand in modern legal society, and it is also one of the rights of the defendant. A person who has committed the most heinous crimes can only be convicted after a fair trial under the defense of a lawyer, which is both legal and humane. We have no right to deprive the defendant of the right to hire a lawyer because he has committed heinous crimes, and there is no reason to stand on the moral high ground and condemn those lawyers who defend heinous criminals.

From this, it can be seen that it is not that this society is "full of rituals and bad feelings, but that this society has gradually entered a rational state, become mature, the legal system is more obvious, and the trial procedure is more reasonable. Only in this way can a society be more tense and the development of the whole society be full of vitality.