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I was arguing that morality isn't a strictly human phenomenon. -- I don't think a "moral focus as their principle organizing principle" is necessary for a mor
by Nevermark 5y ago
I was arguing that morality isn't a strictly human phenomenon.
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I don't think a "moral focus as their principle organizing principle" is necessary for a moral corporation any more than I think it is necessary for a moral human.
It's enough that a company's structure, whether implicitly or explicitly, aligns itself with the long term good for all stakeholders, i.e. the greater good. As apposed to aligning with short term or short sighted good at the expense of long term and wider focused good.
After all, some "good" people are just expressing their personality as it naturally developed. Others are intentionally expressing principles they spent years considering. Is one type of "good" person better than the other?
And of course the opposite: Some seemingly evil people are acting on the only instincts they seem to have, while others are well aware of the damage they do. Both people might have the same IQ, access to situational awareness, etc., so we are likely to judge both the same, but their actions can come from very different places internally.
Morality is clearest at the behavioral level of a system or human. Less clear the deeper into the internal causes one looks.
- dredmorbius 5y agoThe structure of a firm does NOT align with all stakeholders. It aligns principally with shareholders and creditors. The strongest advocates of the firm would have you believe it aligns only with shareholders.
- Nevermark 5y agoI disagree with what you stated explicitly. But from the nuance of what you stated, maybe we are in agreement. A structure of a firm does not NECESSARILY align with all stakeholders. That doesn't mean that there are not firms designed by their founders and leaders to be more moral than that.