Are Corporations People?

                The argument that corporations are people is a very intriguing one because it is trying to give a large entity with the potential to generate an immense amount of money a human role. Corporations can have similarities to human behavior because they are created by man, so they will be fashioned in a similar manner. When we look at any situation, problem, or anything in our world and we try to understand it, we will give it human characteristics. When we do that we bring it down to our level so that we can find solutions, foresee problems, etc. This is actually a very efficient and smart way to tackle the unknown and make sense of our world. The thing about this is that even though they are fashioned in our manner and we explain a thing through human characteristics does not mean that that thing is human; in this case corporations are not human.

                The fact of the matter is that even though we do give corporations human characteristics to best understand them, they are not human. Corporations are entities that generate money that help our economy grow and be stable. They are good for people when they are managed correctly, but when misguided can be detrimental to human stability.  

                Even though a corporation has a birth, a productive life, and the potential of death does not make it human. If that were the case, any living object would be human; such as a worm, bacteria, a tree, etc.  Another human characteristic is that a corporation has “feelings.” Just because we use the word feel for a lack of a better word to describe what a corporation will transpire over time and explain the reactions to what can affect it does not really make it have feelings like a human. This would mean that water is human because it feels and reacts by moving when one blows on it. The violation of human rights is also a human characteristic that can be placed upon a corporation because it can mistreat the worker (the human). This will also mean that a hurricane is human because it has the potential to mistreat or violate the rights of the people it comes to contact with.