“As a psychopathic creature, the corporation can neither recognize nor act upon moral reasons to refrain from harming others.”

— Joel Bakan

Source: The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power (2004), Chapter 3, The Externalizing Machines, p. 60

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“As a psychopathic creature, the corporation can neither recognize nor act upon moral reasons to refrain from harming others.”

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