if there was no greed, would justice look to us like this?

Question

there is greed, & it distorts people's idea of justice, making ppl think that we ought to be paid for natural gifts, like brains, brawn, beauty, natural talents, etc, & making us think that hard work [which can be no more than about 1.5 times the average hard work] can justify pay up to a million times average pay per hour, & so on
in fact we use every excuse to excuse higher than average pay per hour, because greed is an almost universal vice
if we had no greed, no desire to be higher paid than others for same sacrifice of time & energy, would justice be like this: everyone, including housewives & students, getting the same hourly pay? - which would be US$15/hr - which would mean the family working world-average hard, would be getting US$75,000 per year, which is what they earn?
would this be justice, & thus cause contentment, peace [very little war & crime], happiness, friendliness [= 'fraternity'], equality, liberty [no superoverpaid being superoverpowerful], avoiding extinction?

Answer 1

it causes complacentcy and bad work ethic. why would someone who could do more work at a faster or better rate than someone that cant and still get paid the same thing. thats not greed that common sense. IE if I pick 5 apples and get paid $20 or I pick 1000 apples and get paid $20 why would you work harder if the guy next to you is only picking 5 everyday. there will never be advancement since the people that produce arent going to get anything for it. overall its an extemly flawed system. Not that capitalism is the answer

Answer 2

I'd like to focus justice from another point of view. What if justice was only to give/get what somebody deserves? For example, if the natural consequence of being greedy was to be continuosly frustrated (because you will always want more, and more), wouldn't it be just that the greedy felt alwas frustrated? And, if I "want" the greedy to feel frustrated, because I think it is just, then I am not being greedy, but evil (wanting somebody to suffer). And if, instead, I am not greedy myself, and do not worry about the greedy, but I know the consequences, the justice is applied without intervention.

This can also be applied to other behaviours, like being rageful or impulsive, and this proves that greed is not directly linked to justice.

So, if somebody has a privileged brain, and uses it for a useful purpose, I think it is just to give him what he deserves. After all, without him, probably the task would not be finished or would take longer to finish. It is not greedy to recieve payment for the good use of a natural gift, it is just.

Answer 3

What you call "greed " is anothers incentive. Reward for anything in a positive endeavor, coupled with the proper competition, renders the best result. Your dsytopic vision is not that far from communism. You know what E. O. Wilson said about communism? " Wonderful theory; wrong species ". Think of how we are evolved before you start your " social engineering " project.

Answer 4

IF there was no greed or any other impervection for that matter (with a human) there would be no need for the word 'justice' or government for that matter but, but yes justice is often blinded or mislead because of petty or social reasons. Often leading up to where a person stands in the world.

Answer 5

sounds like communism

some (not all people) worked for what they have.... some (not all) did not, and inherited it

Answer 6

The might is right !