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artificial person

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artificial person (plural artificial persons)

(law) legal person

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A century and a half after its birth, the modern business corporation, an artificial person made in the image of a human psychopath, now is seeking to remake real people in its image. Joel Bakan

What does it mean to say that "business” has responsibilities? Only people can have responsibilities. A corporation is an artificial person and in this sense may have artificial responsibilities, but "business” as a whole cannot be said to have responsibilities, even in this vague sense. Milton Friedman

I have a silicone bust, and half of Hollywood - artificial person. Pamela Anderson

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