Posted by:
Jesus Smith
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Date: January 05, 2012 10:52AM
In the late 19th century the US supreme court was asked to apply the 14th Amendment to corporations and define them as individuals with all the same rights individual persons have. The court agreed. It was but a few decades later that the LDS church transitioned from a nominal corporation to a Corporation Sole.
Under a common definition, a corporation sole consists of one person only, and the successors of that person in some particular station or office.
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http://corporationsole.insights2.org/Corporation.html )
The LDS corporation is treated not only like an individual under US law, but is actually literally an individual (as held by its office).
So, if the corporation sole is legally and to some degree literally an individual with all the rights, issues and factors of other individuals, I wondered...
... Shouldn't the individual be tested for mental disorders, such as psychopathy?
One of the most accepted psychopathy checklists is the Hare list.
http://www.hare.org/scales/pclr.htmlThe primary list is summarized as "Aggressive narcissism" and lists as criteria:
1- Glibness/superficial charm
2- Grandiose sense of self-worth
3- Pathological lying
4- Cunning/manipulative
5- Lack of remorse or guilt
6- Shallow affect (genuine emotion is short-lived and egocentric)
7- Callousness; lack of empathy
8- Failure to accept responsibility for own actions
In my estimation, the LDS corporation rarely if ever issues an "apology" or admission of error, even lying/covering up to hide their issues (factors 3,5 & 8). They believe they are the one and only true organization from the supreme intelligence (f. 1 & 2). They use tactics which are prototypical manipulations of individuals and of the public (one face for the media, another for members) (f. 4 & 6). Their policies show no empathy, and in fact they brag about their expectations being so hard and requiring sacrifice as a testimony that they are the one-and-only god given corporation (f. 7).
Summing up, LDS inc as a corporation individual would indeed classify positive under the Hare list for psychopathy.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 01/05/2012 11:12AM by Jesus Smith.