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In reply to the discussion: Is it immoral to make a certain amount or have a certain amount of wealth? [View all]gollygee
(22,336 posts)47. I think it's immoral to hoard money when people are starving
I don't think having any amount of wealth is immoral in and of itself - depending on how it was acquired - but I think there's a moral imperative for wealthy people to use some of that wealth to help others, and the more wealth you have, the more you should give away.
Note: I'm talking about morality, not laws.
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Is it immoral to make a certain amount or have a certain amount of wealth? [View all]
BrentWil
Dec 2012
OP
If you're talking amassing more money than one can spend in, say, a hundred lifetimes, yes.
GreenEyedLefty
Dec 2012
#7
So it is ok to make people poor as long as you give some back to charity?
liberal N proud
Dec 2012
#8
No, and while I can see how you might get that from my post, that is not what I meant to imply.
GreenEyedLefty
Dec 2012
#11
What if you use it to build a plant that makes you richer but also employs hundreds of workers?
dkf
Dec 2012
#30
No, but let's not assume they're doing anything with that wealth except lining their own coffers.
HughBeaumont
Dec 2012
#40
Is there such a thing as morality, and if so, whose morality are you talking about
Coyotl
Dec 2012
#48
I thought about answering this and the other two replies. It would be long and require
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#71
You thought about answering it, but realized that JK Rowling has a great fortune,
Nye Bevan
Dec 2012
#79
No, but as I said. It would require far too much time to explain for no purpose.
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#85
Is the "I haven't the time to explain my wisdom to fools like you" attitude a crime?
Silent3
Dec 2012
#95
Well put. Most didn't get it when Balzac said it over a century ago and most
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#99
And was born into a wealthy family. Might have aided in his perception, don't you think?
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#108
Since Balzac didn't generate a "great fortune" for himself then somehow his for-profit publishers...
Silent3
Dec 2012
#112
What side of "make a certain amount" or "have a certain amount" scale of immorality are you on?
haele
Dec 2012
#67