5th Set of Weekly Questions

This week's questions all have to do with the clips we saw in section.

QUESTION 1
What does the idea that "the corporation is a person" have to do with the 14th Amendment to the Constitution? (hint: the one passed after the Civil War) Was this surprising to you, and does it matter?

QUESTION 2
One of the people interviewed was saying that corporations actually do a lot of good for the poor when they relocate to Third World countries. Do you agree with this perspective? Why / why not?

QUESTION 3
The clips showed people working in sweatshops in what most people would call horrible conditions. How do you feel about it? If you don't like it, what do you suggest? If you think it's fine, recall that a very large percentage of people live in what most Americans would consider very poor conditions. Would you be willing to go behind Rawls' veil of ignorance and risk being born into their position?

QUESTION 4
The last clip showed a commodities trader talking about how the first thing he thought about on 9/11 was "My God! Gold must be going up!", and that the tragedy was a "blessing in disguise" for his clients, who had invested heavily in gold. Do you think he came off as a jerk? If so, was he just sleazy, or was he immoral? "Sleazy" means that he didn't do anything wrong, but... ew. "Immoral" means that he did something wrong.