Tuesday, March 17, 2020

'Persons' is a 'Term' that has come a Long Way: from 'Natural' to the 'Constitutional'.

'Persons' is a 'Term' that has come a Long Way; from a 'Natural Status' to a 'Constitutional Status'. First we had the 'Dilemma' of the 'One and the Many'. Of course that referred to all the 'Human Beings' that occupied the 'Polity'. The 'One', at the Top, was an 'Individual' and the 'Many' were all the 'Individuals' at the 'Bottom'. How does One Individual 'Position Himself' at the 'Top' of a 'Multiplicity of Individuals'; by what 'Right', or by what 'Authority'? If 'everyone' 'seemed' to be the 'same', what 'distinguished' 'someone' who positions 'Himself' at the 'Top' or, for that matter, at the 'Bottom'. The 'Many' have always needed each Other, or at least, they needed to 'get along'. They also needed 'Guidance' or some sort of 'Organization'. It appears that the 'Prolific Nature' of the 'Human Condition', early on, established the need for an 'Institution' that 'Governs' or 'Rules'. Hence, the Arising of the 'Political Institution of Government' established at the 'Top' of the 'Condition of Togetherness'. The end Result was many Different Forms of 'Government', each with a Leader, 'The Wisest', 'the Strongest', the Warriors, 'The Divine Right of Kings', Autocracy, Plutocracy, Oligarchy, and Democracy. But, it was not until the Democratic Form that the 'Many People' at the bottom were characterized as the 'Body-Politic'. The 'People' constituted the 'Political Entity'. It was 'they' who elected 'Someone' to occupy the 'Top of power'. Both the 'Top and the Bottom' constituted the 'Political Entity'. The 'Bottom' were all 'Natural Persons' and the Top was a 'Natural Person'. 'Business Corporations' are not 'Natural'. They are 'Incorporated Business Entities'; They are not even 'Political Entities'. They are 'Economic Entities'. Does this change the 'Nature' of the 'Human Condition'? Of course not! Does it change the 'Nature' of 'Economic Entities'. Of course, it does.

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