Jonathan Marks: In praise of conflict
ג'ונתן מארקס: ממשלות צריכות להיאבק בתאגידים, לא לשתף איתם פעולה
Jonathan Marks works at the intersections of ethics, law and policy -- writing and speaking about torture, obesity, fracking, health care and other pressing issues of our time. Full bio
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and human rights lawyer
by an accident of history,
בגלל תאונה של ההיסטוריה,
who had just quit his job
one morning and said,
about human rights abuses in China."
בזכויות האדם בסין".
about human rights abuses in China
בקשר לפגיעה בזכויות האדם בסין
trade relations with China."
with his tail between his legs,
he returned again to his boss,
הוא שוב חזר אל המנהל שלו,
about human rights in Burma,"
do anything about human rights in Burma
בקשר לזכויות האדם בבורמה
any trade relations with Burma."
he knew he had to leave.
שהוא צריך לעזוב.
that got to him.
with other governments,
were being harmed.
a vision of the world.
who are not at the table,
an obligation to protect.
somewhat skeptical of a lawyer
לגבי עורך דין
giving talks about ethics for free.
בהרצאות בהתנדבות על אתיקה.
I'm downwardly mobile.
אני מטפס מטה.
we lead our personal lives,
מנהלים את החיים האישיים שלנו,
to one side for the moment,
we think about major problems
אנחנו חושבים על בעיות עיקריות
in the United States,
three branches of government,
and the judicial branch.
more sacred in our Constitution,
and the judicial powers."
and exercise of power.
the perils of influence.
the constitutionality of laws
של החוקים
of government accountable
זרועות הממשלה האחרות
relationships with them.
as one famous scholar put it,
struggle with each other.
the importance of struggle
get together and agree
יושבות יחד ומסכימות
below 250 dollars a ticket.
מתחת ל-250 דולר לכרטיס.
some would say collusion,
two airlines were to say,
the route from LA to Chicago,"
המסלול מלוס אנג'לס לשיקגו,"
the route from Chicago to DC,
"אנחנו ניקח את המסלול משיקגו לוושינגטון,
or collusion instead of competition,
במקום תחרות,
the importance of struggle
between branches of government,
the importance of conflict
among corporations,
between the public and the private.
are collaborating with industry
and the environment,
ואיכות הסביבה,
with the very corporations
the problems they are trying to solve.
שאותן הם מנסים לפטור.
decided to address a serious problem:
with national and local governments
הממשל הלאומי והמקומי
multinational soda company.
than one million dollars,
of a months-long promotional campaign
מסע קידום מכירות
and color scheme.
ובמערך הצבעים שלה.
for its products.
for the intergovernmental agency,
בשביל הסוכנות הבין-ממשלתית,
to promote sustainable living.
בר-קיימא.
of sugar-sweetened beverages
and drunk out of plastic bottles
בבקבוקי פלסטיק
grappling with obesity,
from a public health
one public health problem,
of dozens I discovered
between government and industry.
בין ממשלה לתעשיה.
about the initiatives in parks
promoting exercise,
creating voluntary pledges
התחייבויות בהתנדבות
have become the paradigm in public health,
לפרדיגמה בבריאות הציבור
from the point of view of industry.
public health problems and their solutions
their commercial interests.
and lack of physical activity.
involving major corporations.
מעורבים תאגידים גדולים.
in strategies of influence
to which industry will not agree.
לא תסכים לקבל
to increased regulation
stave off even more regulation
out of the market.
to do certain things,
of their unhealthy products,
הבלתי בריאים שלהן,
competition law,
means reaching agreement with industry.
להגיע להסכם עם התעשייה.
have been sold.
is building a well pad on your land.
בונה משטח קידוח על האדמה שלכם.
of the Hallowich family.
of the noise, vibration
from the flaring of natural gas.
where this image appeared,
שבו התמונה הזאת הופיעה,
we discovered why they fell silent.
"What happened to the Hallowiches?"
"מה קרה להלוויצ'ים?"
had made a secret settlement
a take-it-or-leave-it settlement.
של "קח או הנח."
and start your lives again,
of your experience with our company,
experience with fracking,
by a medical examination.
the Hallowiches for accepting
על כך שהסכימו להצעה.
to silence a squeaky wheel.
is the legal and regulatory system,
על המערכת המשפטית והרגולטורית
networks of agreements
and seal off data points
and epidemiologists,
from issuing a violation notice
bad from a public health point of view;
מנקודת המבט של בריאות הציבור;
not because they are isolated examples.
of the public official
suicidal thoughts in adolescents.
מגדילות מחשבות אובדניות בבני נוער
who went after the food company
שפעל כנגד יצרנית היוגורט
health benefits of its yogurt.
של היוגורט שלה.
המחוקק שלמרות שתדלנות כבדה
directed at both sides of the aisle
in the darkness,
we need to engage in conflict.
in direct conflict with corporations.
are inherently good
act to promote their commercial interests,
undermining or promoting the common good.
of governments
of our common good.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jonathan Marks - Bioethicist, lawyerJonathan Marks works at the intersections of ethics, law and policy -- writing and speaking about torture, obesity, fracking, health care and other pressing issues of our time.
Why you should listen
After studying law at Oxford University, Jonathan Marks qualified as a barrister and mediator, and he spent a decade in full-time practice in London. He became an expert on human rights, working on cases about torture (the Pinochet case), the protection of privacy and personal data, and the regulation of food, drugs and the environment.
The Greenwall Fellowship in Bioethics and Health Policy at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities led to his current appointment as Director of the Bioethics Program at Penn State University, where he is also affiliated with the Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State Law and the School of International Affairs. He remains an academic member of Matrix, a London barristers' chambers with offices in Geneva.
Marks is passionate about teaching and lecturing, as his TED talk, and an article in the New York Times both attest. The talk offers a preview of his book manuscript, The Perils of Partnership. It also draws on research he conducted during his six-year affiliation with the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard and during residencies at the Hastings Center and at the Brocher Foundation in Geneva.
Learn more about Marks's ideas from several articles, essays, and op-eds here.
Jonathan Marks | Speaker | TED.com