:40:04
and diminishment
of the environment
:40:09
for our grandchildrens
grandchildren
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generations not yet born.
:40:16
Some people have called that
intergeneration tyranny
:40:19
a form of taxation
without representation
:40:22
levied by us
on generations yet to be.
:40:29
It's the wrong
thing to do.
:40:35
One of the questions
that comes up periodically
:40:37
is to what extent could
corporation be considered
:40:40
to be psychopathic.
:40:43
And if we look at a corporation
as a legal person
:40:46
that it may not be that
difficult to actually draw
:40:48
the transition between
psychopathy in the individual
:40:51
to psychopathy
in a corporation.
:40:54
We could go through
the characteristics
:40:55
that define this particular
disorder one by one
:40:58
and see how they might
apply to corporations.
:41:09
They would have all
the characteristics
:41:11
and in fact
in many respects
:41:14
the corporation
of that sort
:41:15
is the proto typical
of a psychopath.
:41:23
If the dominant institution
of our time has been created
:41:26
in the image of
a psychopath
:41:28
who bears moral responsibility
for its actions?
:41:33
Can a building have
moral opinions?
:41:37
Can a building have
social responsibility?
:41:40
If a building cant have
social responsibility
:41:42
what does it mean to
say a corporation can?
:41:44
A corporation is simply
an artificial legal structure
:41:49
but the people
who are engaged in it
:41:51
whether the stockholder
:41:53
whether the
executives in it
:41:55
whether the employees
:41:57
they all have
moral responsibilities.