David Friedman wrote:
> In article
> <a1deaf00-d18c-4ff3-bb27-69f565c17515@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> johan.g.larson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> I would have said that there can be no moral duty towards a
> cor****ation, strictu sensu, because a cor****ation is not a moral
> actor--it's a fictitious person, not a real one. But a contract with
> a cor****ation imposes moral duties towards various real people, since
> the cor****ate form is simply a way of simplifying real relation****ps
> among real people.
Obvious sf-story seed: Cor****ations are run by group minds. Perhaps
only the upper echolons are plugged in; perhaps all employees are part
of the hive mind.
--
Dan Goodman
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