Abolish Corporate Personhood By Jan Edwards And Molly Morgan

John Adams once said, “The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence”. In Jan Edwards and Molly Morgan’s article, “Abolish Corporate Personhood”, Edwards and Morgan argue that corporate personhood should be abolished since it causes unequal power distribution and is an artificial entity that the courts have allowed to become ‘superhuman’. Although the authors do state a few clear points, Edwards and

Morgan do not fully grasp all aspects of corporate personhood and place more focus on constitutional background and the history of social injustices.

To begin, Jan Edwards and Molly Morgan

This is a flawed argument, because all employees are entitled to basic rights including: the right to privacy, fair compensation, and freedom from discrimination. Later, the authors over-simplify their argument by claiming that a corporation is nothing more than “an idea that people agreed to and put into writing” (Edwards, Morgan 23). On the contrary, the dictionary defines a corporation as a body formed and authorized by law to act as a single person although constituted by one or more persons and legally endowed with various rights and duties including the capacity of succession (“corporation”). I agree with the fact that corporations do not deserve the same constitutional rights as a human such as the right to be free of self incrimination and the right to be free of unreasonable search and seizures. But, giving corporations such as media outlets the right to free speech allows them to disclose information that listeners need to know.

Edwards and Morgan move on to discussing the impact of corporate personhood worldwide. Edwards and Morgan state that since corporations have acquired the ability to govern in the United States, their main goal is to gain control of the rest of the world (Edwards,