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Intent and motivation are describing human thought process. We can apply this metaphorically to corporations to illustrate a point, but corporations can't liter

Intent and motivation are describing human thought process. We can apply this metaphorically to corporations to illustrate a point, but corporations can't literally have motivations. Systems theory (and thus the above heuristic) describes entities like Amazon.

slibhb 5y ago
So corporations can't literally have intent or motivation but they can be cruel. Or maybe we're talking about metaphorical cruelty?
- bildung 5y ago
  Cruelty is an outcome. It can be the result of an intent or motivation, but doesn't have to.
  - slibhb 5y ago
    Cruelty is a moral justment.
    - bildung 5y ago
      Made by an observer, or the victim(s).
      - falcor84 5y ago
        So if a person walks under a cliff and a rock falls on them, would an observer be right to deduce that the rock/cliff is cruel, or perhaps that the entire Earth is cruel to its inhabitants?