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10. Simple answer: No, not of itself

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Tue Dec 11, 2012, 10:58 PM

Dec 2012

You know it's not simple, though, don't you?

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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

It's not the amount. It's how you got it DavidDvorkin Dec 2012 #1

Yep. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2012 #45

what you do with it ? DRS Dec 2012 #62

Legally, yes, but that's not what we're talking about. DavidDvorkin Dec 2012 #66

Or if it's such an amount that you have to keep it offshore... dchill Dec 2012 #101

Interesting point DavidDvorkin Dec 2012 #106

Or more likely, a moral hurricane. dchill Dec 2012 #110

That's another good point. DavidDvorkin Dec 2012 #111

And as importantly, how you treat other people when you are rich. teddy51 Dec 2012 #2

It's not the amount, it's how you got it Throd Dec 2012 #3

It is when you gain that wealth at the cost of those around you liberal N proud Dec 2012 #4

It is inhuman to cheat people, even if it's legal, to get there (eom) NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #5

It's what you did to get it. JaneyVee Dec 2012 #6

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

Please explain liberal N proud Dec 2012 #14

I apologize for my posts last night... I was quite emotional and tired GreenEyedLefty Dec 2012 #41

Well put DRS Dec 2012 #65

What if you use it to build a plant that makes you richer but also employs hundreds of workers? dkf Dec 2012 #30

Philanthropy cannot create value? Fumesucker Dec 2012 #43

Would you rather be handed $10,000 one time or be employed? dkf Dec 2012 #91

$10,000 or a $1 per day job? Fumesucker Dec 2012 #92

$1/day? Where do you live? Ethiopia? dkf Dec 2012 #93

I live here Fumesucker Dec 2012 #94

yes but marions ghost Dec 2012 #87

It's not a simple question, if there's not a simple number next to it Xipe Totec Dec 2012 #9

Simple answer: No, not of itself Hekate Dec 2012 #10

Why isn't it? NT BrentWil Dec 2012 #12

..... Stinky The Clown Dec 2012 #13

no La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2012 #15

Some examples of "immoral" ProSense Dec 2012 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Dec 2012 #17

You should recognize it by now RandiFan1290 Dec 2012 #34

It is immoral to make any more than I do jberryhill Dec 2012 #18

Do you think it's immoral? subterranean Dec 2012 #19

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle... hunter Dec 2012 #20

Hmm...You idea on how they should be treated isn't very Jesus based. NT BrentWil Dec 2012 #32

It is absolutely "Jesus based" hunter Dec 2012 #54

That's one of the stupidest canards RWNJs repeat about the left. eShirl Dec 2012 #21

Shah he's on a roll nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #25

no it's how you got the money... one_voice Dec 2012 #22

No. Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #23

Question centers around what is right and wrong Trillo Dec 2012 #24

It isn't the amount, per se MrScorpio Dec 2012 #26

I will leave morality out of it...nice RW talking point by the way nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #27

So much condemning and saying I am "right" wing BrentWil Dec 2012 #33

No, elleng Dec 2012 #28

yes when that wealth causes others to not be able to have survival, undergroundpanther Dec 2012 #29

Not everyone gets rich by screwing someone else democrattotheend Dec 2012 #58

Not true guardian Dec 2012 #59

I can be very ignostic about this.... defacto7 Dec 2012 #31

Yes. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #35

It is immoral to never have enough. aandegoons Dec 2012 #36

yes. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #37

No.. sendero Dec 2012 #38

No, it's not. NYC Liberal Dec 2012 #39

No, but let's not assume they're doing anything with that wealth except lining their own coffers. HughBeaumont Dec 2012 #40

It is inhumane to hoard vast resources while others have nothing Marrah_G Dec 2012 #42

You know, it probably is union_maid Dec 2012 #44

Yes. GeorgeGist Dec 2012 #46

I think it's immoral to hoard money when people are starving gollygee Dec 2012 #47

Is there such a thing as morality, and if so, whose morality are you talking about Coyotl Dec 2012 #48

Depends if you made it honestly, not legally mind you, but honestly Cleita Dec 2012 #49

Is it immoral that JK Rowling sold so many damn books? mainer Dec 2012 #50

She lives in England right? Marrah_G Dec 2012 #63

On which income she gladly, PROUDLY paid her taxes. eShirl Dec 2012 #74

The question was whether it's immoral that she's rich mainer Dec 2012 #80

No Incitatus Dec 2012 #77

I know plenty of people who make their wealth in ways like Rowling mainer Dec 2012 #81

no AlexSatan Dec 2012 #51

God, and the devil, are in the details riqster Dec 2012 #52

No, it's not immoral... macwriter Dec 2012 #53

Definitely not to make a certain amount democrattotheend Dec 2012 #55

Nope JustAnotherGen Dec 2012 #56

This is a good, complicated question jollyreaper2112 Dec 2012 #57

"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime" Still true today. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #60

What "great crimes" did JK Rowling commit? (nt) Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #61

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

OK. That makes perfect sense. Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #89

Is the "I haven't the time to explain my wisdom to fools like you" attitude a crime? Silent3 Dec 2012 #95

OK here's the shortest version. Participation in a crime is a crime. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #96

Some people get it, some people don't. PETRUS Dec 2012 #97

Well put. Most didn't get it when Balzac said it over a century ago and most Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #99

Balzac made money from his writing. Silent3 Dec 2012 #107

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

Book publishing is criminal? Movie making is criminal? Silent3 Dec 2012 #98

hmmmmmm... BrentWil Dec 2012 #68

No ... What crime did the founder of COSTCO commit? nt Raine Dec 2012 #70

Egalitarian Thug's time is apparently very valuable, Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #90

Yes. oldhippie Dec 2012 #64

What side of "make a certain amount" or "have a certain amount" scale of immorality are you on? haele Dec 2012 #67

+1000 nt laundry_queen Dec 2012 #100

No but it's immoral to have your boot on the neck of people Raine Dec 2012 #69

No, but having great wealth and doing nothing to benefit the less fortunate is contemptible. nt Incitatus Dec 2012 #72

My what an incredibly subjective question you asked there. Rex Dec 2012 #73

The drive to accumulate more than we could ever use, ronnie624 Dec 2012 #75

you damn well know the answer to that Skittles Dec 2012 #76

Not at all. raouldukelives Dec 2012 #78

In and of itself? Nnnnnnope. cherokeeprogressive Dec 2012 #82

Yes it is immoral cpwm17 Dec 2012 #83

It depends on how one accumulated that wealth. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #84

no, Mitt Enrique Dec 2012 #86

Look at how the money was made... marions ghost Dec 2012 #88

This message was self-deleted by its author ann--- Dec 2012 #102

NO, not at all. lalalu Dec 2012 #103

No. MoonchildCA Dec 2012 #104

The capitalist system is immoral limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #105

Yes. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #109