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Put another way - personhood should require the one key attribute that separates our species from the majority of the animal kingdom:
Empathy.
Empathy.
Not just for those who have a transactional relationship with one's self, but true empathy - the ability to empathize with all other sentient beings - or at least all other humans.
It's literally one of the core traits that shaped human evolution.
psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your-w…
It's literally one of the core traits that shaped human evolution.
psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your-w…
So, do the amoral entities currently extended the privileges of 'personhood' qualify under this sociobiological definition of 'person?'
No.
No.
Corporations are the social equivalent of a selfish gene, working to protect only those in its own self interest - clients, employees who know company secrets...
And the measure of corporate fitness is not reproductive success, but how much money it can siphon off of others.
And the measure of corporate fitness is not reproductive success, but how much money it can siphon off of others.
By their very nature, corporations are at best symbiotic (though that's rare), and at worst predatory collectives of individuals seeking to accumulate wealth at others' expense.
But they lack that key feature that defines what it means to be human: empathy.
But they lack that key feature that defines what it means to be human: empathy.
They do not possess the moral and empathetic core that prevents them from doing harm to others... thusly, they can not be considered a 'person.'
And henceforth, that should obliterate any of the bizarre suite of protections assigned to corporations - anonymity, opaque organizational hierarchy and financial dealings to start - that facilitate their accumulation of wealth at the expense of the common good.
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