I think you are correct that it's not completely unique to programming, but it seems understandable why some might feel otherwise. With the modern world looking to apply code based solutions everywhere imaginable, developers will tend to uncover such conflicts in problem areas that law and medicine will never interface with. Lawyers and doctors are also more likely to hold societal positions of respect and authority that most developers will never possess, so they don't have to get drawn into fruitless arguments quite the same way.