An interesting comment was made recently over on BoingBoing:
"I strongly object to people, like you, attempting to impose a moral
duty for individuals in their relation****p with cor****ations.
"Lents may, or may not, have a legal duty to Wa****ngton Mutual, but he
has no moral duty to that entity.
"Cor****ations are not moral actors. That is the fundamental genius,
and evil, of their existence. They do what they do out of a 'pre-
conventional' morality. They work to avoid punishment and seek their
own self interest.
"A contract with a cor****ation is a legal agreement, not a moral
agreement. That contract comes with its own rewards and punishments,
but it is vital that we kill the myth that contracts impose upon an
individual a moral duty."
(from
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/02/26/derivates-shellgame.html#comment-133094
)
I don't really know what to make of that, myself.
Johan Larson
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