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To: DMaA who wrote (13687)3/28/2009 10:35:52 AM
From: GraceZRead Replies (3) of 24758
 
Maybe we should start with a definition. Here is one definition:

excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves

How can we define how much a person needs or deserves and what is excessive? If a third of the world's population is trying to get from one meal a day to two, does that make everyone who has three meals a day greedy? Or do we say someone like Bill Gates is greedy because he has so much material wealth, far beyond what he needs to simply exist, without actually taking into account just how much material wealth he created for everyone else in the process of acquiring his own?

I think you'll see just how difficult it is to draw a defining line between greed and "wholesome self interest" because almost everyone sees their own wants and desires as self interest but they look at someone else's and see greed.
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