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by kazoolist
2854 days ago
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The concept behind corporations as "people" is that people don't lose rights just because they are engaging in their right of free association. The corporate entity only "has rights" because it is a collection of people, and those people have rights. Ecosystems aren't collections of people. |
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Is the implication here that "only people have rights," therefore ecosystems shouldn't? Correct me if mistaken. To clarify, I wasn't arguing that ecosystems have rights because corporations do.
This is indeed the status quo, but it's hardly immutable. Consider that 200 years ago neither women nor slaves were considered legal persons. Restating the status quo isn't an argument in its favor.