What Is The Main Idea Of The Gospel Of Wealth
Savannah Flint SP: Ethics and Morality & Wealth and Poverty & Justice December 1, 2016
An individual's ethical and moral standing can influence whether the individual becomes a wealthy person or a poor person. The justice system creates a view of what is right and wrong; therefore, the justice system can determine whether an individual lives in poverty or affluence. Authoritative figures construct the views of the justice system, therefore, most people believe the system is a reasonable one to follow. The views presented by the justice system become the de facto ethical and moral standing. Despite the justice system making decisions to benefit the majority, there will always be some who disagree with the resolution of the jury. Furthermore, people vary in many ways, so the one view of the justice system is not going to satisfy everyones views. Is the justice system …show more content…
corrupt? Why or why not? Does the justice system actually deliver justice for the people? Though many people have clear knowledge that the justice system is untrustworthy, not much has been done to try and change the system. Are the people even allowed to try to change the system, or are they restricted not to do so? With these examples in mind, it becomes clear how the ethical and prosperity affect those who are subject to the modern justice system in the United States. The two words ethics and morals are closely intertwined. Ethics and morals are defined as an individual's values, and individual's determining what is right from what is wrong. “The Aim of Man” by Aristotle presents that many people have been destroyed by wealth. This describes multiple circumstances. For example, personal happiness and a personal ethical and moral standing can be destroyed by the desire of possessions, which can be viewed as materialism. “Money cannot buy happiness” is an expression often used in relation to prosperous people acquiring extravagant items. Furthermore, it means that materialistic items are not life’s most valued possessions. In addition, being wealthy does not necessarily mean happiness, although, it might cause less stress. Bills, payments, and money are a major cause of stress in today's society. Do some wealthy people take things for granted? Are some wealthy people taken advantage of?
Aristotle states, “Happiness… involves not only a completeness of virtue but also a complete lifetime for its fulfillment,” (p. 704). It is calculated that more than forty-six million americans live in poverty. Contradictory to popular belief, those who live in poverty are not necessarily hopeless, discouraged, or spiritless. Moreover, poor people’s ethical and moral views will often differ with the wealthy people’s ethical and moral views. The poor’s ethics and morals are probably smaller and more realistic views, while the wealthy have higher and more immense views, and the views from the poor are perhaps more attainable than the views from the wealthy. Furthermore, the poor do not have much in terms of material goods, so most of them are very appreciative when something benefits them. For instance, if a poor person would get a fifty dollar bonus on their paycheck for christmas, that person probably would not be able to express enough gratitude toward his or her employer. On the contrary, if a wealthy person were to get a fifty dollar bonus on his or her paycheck for christmas, that person would probably think it was insignificant, or that person might not even acknowledge it at all. Additionally, the poor might enjoy the smaller more valuable life experiences, while the wealthy might be focused on their high priced items and forget to take pleasure in the little things in life. This could mean that the poor are happier than the wealthy. The poor might get to be blessed with a close loving family, and the wealthy might be fast paced business people with little time to be grateful for their family, however, family is a very important aspect of life.
There are about 130,000 to 200,000 homeless American veterans. Although veterans only make up about one-fourth of homeless people in America, why are there veterans homeless in the first place? They served this country; they helped to keep the “American Dream” alive. Where is the concern for this issue from society? Some of the people who risked their lives for everybody in the United States to live comfortably and untroubled are living in some of the worst conditions. The veterans of America do not deserve that. They supported us, so we should support them. Allowing veterans to be homeless here in America is definitely an unjust act. Meanwhile, there are people who elude their own personal and criminal problems and get away with their scandalous ways. Although we all have different views in the political world, an example is that Hillary Clinton was under FBI criminal investigation for classified information she was not authorized to view from her private server. The FBI found evidence on Hillary Clinton for probable violations on the classified information, which was thousands of emails, but yet, she was not charged with anything once the investigation was over. Do you think she would have been criminally charged if she was not a publicly known person, if she was not a former secretary of state, or a past president’s wife? Do you think a normal society member would have been charged if the member was in her position and being investigated for classified information? Why does the justice system allow people who fought for this country to live in complete poverty, and not know when they will be able to eat another meal, but they allow “high-ranked” people to escape from being a criminal? John Rawls expressed, “One feature of justice as fairness is too think of the parties in the initial situation as rational and mutually disinterested,” (p. 239) in his essay “A Theory of Justice.” Rawls and many other people see that the justice system in unequitable. Do you think people should try harder to try and change the justice system?
The wealth of a person helps determine his or her ethical and moral views.
Prosperous people should try and interpret the views of the less fortunate and make an effort to help them, maybe not on a personal basis, but instead for the general public. Should the wealthy people’s morals include helping the poor? Andrew Carnegie wrote the essay “The Gospel of Wealth.” The introduction announces Carnegie’s main idea, “His proposal is that such men should give their wealth back to the community for its benefit in the form of institutions that would contribute to “the improvement of the race,” (p. 342). Many people agree with Carnegie’s idea. Why should the rich not spread their wealth to help others for the positive? Poverty is a sad, harsh, and heartbreaking issue in America. If the wealthy would help in any possible way, the world would become a better place little by little. How come our country is so quick to try and aid other countries when we could focus on our first? America is viewed by other countries as relatively close to a utopian society, but is it
really?
Wealth can either bring success or bring complete failure one's way. Wealth will bring one success if he or she contributes to helping others in need, and if he or she takes time to understand a life lived in poverty. Wealth can destroy people if they are completely conceited, unappreciative people who value their bought possessions more than other things. Somebody needs to do something about the justice system; somebody just needs to take a single step for action to occur. Society as a whole is much larger than the authorities, and we could overthrow them and their laws and rules. More people disagree with the justice system than agree with it. People’s ethical and moral perspectives are based on their wealth and how the justice system has treated them. In addition, people with great wealth will have similar ethical and moral descriptions, and the people in poverty will have similar ethical and moral descriptions, but no two people will have the same exact views. Therefore, the justice system will never satisfy everybody. This does not mean the justice system is preferred to be corrupt.
An individual's ethical and moral standing can influence whether the individual becomes a wealthy person or a poor person. The justice system creates a view of what is right and wrong; therefore, the justice system can determine whether an individual lives in poverty or affluence. Authoritative figures construct the views of the justice system, therefore, most people believe the system is a reasonable one to follow. The views presented by the justice system become the de facto ethical and moral standing. Despite the justice system making decisions to benefit the majority, there will always be some who disagree with the resolution of the jury. Furthermore, people vary in many ways, so the one view of the justice system is not going to satisfy everyones views. Is the justice system …show more content…
corrupt? Why or why not? Does the justice system actually deliver justice for the people? Though many people have clear knowledge that the justice system is untrustworthy, not much has been done to try and change the system. Are the people even allowed to try to change the system, or are they restricted not to do so? With these examples in mind, it becomes clear how the ethical and prosperity affect those who are subject to the modern justice system in the United States. The two words ethics and morals are closely intertwined. Ethics and morals are defined as an individual's values, and individual's determining what is right from what is wrong. “The Aim of Man” by Aristotle presents that many people have been destroyed by wealth. This describes multiple circumstances. For example, personal happiness and a personal ethical and moral standing can be destroyed by the desire of possessions, which can be viewed as materialism. “Money cannot buy happiness” is an expression often used in relation to prosperous people acquiring extravagant items. Furthermore, it means that materialistic items are not life’s most valued possessions. In addition, being wealthy does not necessarily mean happiness, although, it might cause less stress. Bills, payments, and money are a major cause of stress in today's society. Do some wealthy people take things for granted? Are some wealthy people taken advantage of?
Aristotle states, “Happiness… involves not only a completeness of virtue but also a complete lifetime for its fulfillment,” (p. 704). It is calculated that more than forty-six million americans live in poverty. Contradictory to popular belief, those who live in poverty are not necessarily hopeless, discouraged, or spiritless. Moreover, poor people’s ethical and moral views will often differ with the wealthy people’s ethical and moral views. The poor’s ethics and morals are probably smaller and more realistic views, while the wealthy have higher and more immense views, and the views from the poor are perhaps more attainable than the views from the wealthy. Furthermore, the poor do not have much in terms of material goods, so most of them are very appreciative when something benefits them. For instance, if a poor person would get a fifty dollar bonus on their paycheck for christmas, that person probably would not be able to express enough gratitude toward his or her employer. On the contrary, if a wealthy person were to get a fifty dollar bonus on his or her paycheck for christmas, that person would probably think it was insignificant, or that person might not even acknowledge it at all. Additionally, the poor might enjoy the smaller more valuable life experiences, while the wealthy might be focused on their high priced items and forget to take pleasure in the little things in life. This could mean that the poor are happier than the wealthy. The poor might get to be blessed with a close loving family, and the wealthy might be fast paced business people with little time to be grateful for their family, however, family is a very important aspect of life.
There are about 130,000 to 200,000 homeless American veterans. Although veterans only make up about one-fourth of homeless people in America, why are there veterans homeless in the first place? They served this country; they helped to keep the “American Dream” alive. Where is the concern for this issue from society? Some of the people who risked their lives for everybody in the United States to live comfortably and untroubled are living in some of the worst conditions. The veterans of America do not deserve that. They supported us, so we should support them. Allowing veterans to be homeless here in America is definitely an unjust act. Meanwhile, there are people who elude their own personal and criminal problems and get away with their scandalous ways. Although we all have different views in the political world, an example is that Hillary Clinton was under FBI criminal investigation for classified information she was not authorized to view from her private server. The FBI found evidence on Hillary Clinton for probable violations on the classified information, which was thousands of emails, but yet, she was not charged with anything once the investigation was over. Do you think she would have been criminally charged if she was not a publicly known person, if she was not a former secretary of state, or a past president’s wife? Do you think a normal society member would have been charged if the member was in her position and being investigated for classified information? Why does the justice system allow people who fought for this country to live in complete poverty, and not know when they will be able to eat another meal, but they allow “high-ranked” people to escape from being a criminal? John Rawls expressed, “One feature of justice as fairness is too think of the parties in the initial situation as rational and mutually disinterested,” (p. 239) in his essay “A Theory of Justice.” Rawls and many other people see that the justice system in unequitable. Do you think people should try harder to try and change the justice system?
The wealth of a person helps determine his or her ethical and moral views.
Prosperous people should try and interpret the views of the less fortunate and make an effort to help them, maybe not on a personal basis, but instead for the general public. Should the wealthy people’s morals include helping the poor? Andrew Carnegie wrote the essay “The Gospel of Wealth.” The introduction announces Carnegie’s main idea, “His proposal is that such men should give their wealth back to the community for its benefit in the form of institutions that would contribute to “the improvement of the race,” (p. 342). Many people agree with Carnegie’s idea. Why should the rich not spread their wealth to help others for the positive? Poverty is a sad, harsh, and heartbreaking issue in America. If the wealthy would help in any possible way, the world would become a better place little by little. How come our country is so quick to try and aid other countries when we could focus on our first? America is viewed by other countries as relatively close to a utopian society, but is it
really?
Wealth can either bring success or bring complete failure one's way. Wealth will bring one success if he or she contributes to helping others in need, and if he or she takes time to understand a life lived in poverty. Wealth can destroy people if they are completely conceited, unappreciative people who value their bought possessions more than other things. Somebody needs to do something about the justice system; somebody just needs to take a single step for action to occur. Society as a whole is much larger than the authorities, and we could overthrow them and their laws and rules. More people disagree with the justice system than agree with it. People’s ethical and moral perspectives are based on their wealth and how the justice system has treated them. In addition, people with great wealth will have similar ethical and moral descriptions, and the people in poverty will have similar ethical and moral descriptions, but no two people will have the same exact views. Therefore, the justice system will never satisfy everybody. This does not mean the justice system is preferred to be corrupt.