is the rapaciosness of the current economic system behind the disintegration of peoples moral character?

Question

are we doomed if everything in our culture is twisted into a question of whether or not it is profitable..and if it is, every other consideration is thrown out the window.

ie credit card debt, and gambling: even if it is harmful its allowed to go on because its lining some shareholders pockets.
globalization: as long as it works to maximise profits, it doesnt matter what environments or people are being trashed.

Answer 1

The corporate mentality is that anything is ok that reaps a profit. There is no morality at the upper levels of corporate existance. Those in the upper levels expect their subordinates to conform to the corporate ethic to the exclusion of all else. So, yes. The corporate mind in MOST corporations is contributing to the downfall of morality worldwide.

Answer 2

I don't believe its the economic system at all. People that choose to be unethical are usually found out and put "out of business" We hear more about this because of the mass media today and the propensity to tell bad news. Good news doesn't sell newspapers or draw people to web sites as much as bad news.

I think it has more to do with a lot of things the other writers have mentioned. Weak family ties, a lack of leadership and a failure to believe in a higher authority all contribute to poor decision making. Most Americans think there is a constitutional separation of church and state. The Constitution that I read says no such thing. There was a court case that confirmed the government cannot force a religion on somebody but this has been twisted from freedom of religion which is guaranteed in the bill of rights to freedom FROM religion. Without religion, without strong families, without strong leadership, a lot of people lose their way because they don't know or cant distinguish right from wrong.

Personally, I use the 6 o'clock news test when making a decision. I imagine what I am contemplating is found out and made public on the 6 o'clock news and everyone I care about is in the room. Would I want my mom, dad, siblings, wife, kids, neighbors, friends to know what I was doing along with the rest of the world? If I would not be proud, I will choose some other alternative.

Answer 3

no, There are many things which negativly affect moral character. Probably the biggest being the disintegration of the family (e.g. high divorce rates, unsupervised children, etc). The media and popular culture plays a part as well. The Economic system gives people hope that through hard work, sacrifice, and determination, they can be succesful. Even if the system did promote greed, there are positive benefits that result. For example a greedy executive trying to profit from his company, if forced to offer jobs to other people. His "greed" to expand the business offers oporitunities to others. People work hard and are rewarded for their efforts. Then they have freedom to use their money to help others should they chose to by giving to charities. Its quite an amazing system actually, as opposed to others where the government regulates things, limiting creativity, innovation, and opporitunities

and btw, the word is rapaciousness, not "rapaciosness"

Answer 4

Stephen Crane who wrote "Red Badge of Courage" about the Civil War also wrote "Maggie, a Girl of the Streets". You won't believe it unless you read it, but there were gangs, prostitutes, alcoholics and druggies back in the 1860's too.
Posh! The Romans were pagans and into orgies...we are hardly rapacious...greedy, yes..but that's been America's middle name ever since the British landed...what worries me more is that we've become complacent with our government...we've let the House of Representatives determine 100 years ago that 435 representatives is enough...despite the fact our population has tripled...what a field day for the lobbyists!! what an exclusive club they are!! Try to get them to respond to your emails!!
Visit the website below and see what Thomas Jefferson intended for us when he wrote the Constitution...

Answer 5

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Answer 6

There has always been this potential.
Even in ancient times people were no different.
Decadence, low morals and psychopathic behaviour is not new.
What has changed however is the shear number of people and the ability of the media to spread bad news by the ton.

Answer 7

The governing dynamic of modern society are the rules of money, if that's what you mean. And yes, the meme of money has no morality, per se, except by coincidence. It's only "concern" (pardon the anthropomorphism) is survival and self-replication, like any other self-replicating phenomenon.

Answer 8

You either have CEOs who are morally corrupt crooks and liars who ruin the lives of many causing them financial ruin, or others who are morally corrupt who have to resort to other means to make a living such as stealing, robbing, selling drugs, and prostitution which is not taxable therefore contributing nothing to the economy.

Answer 9

The *system* is not rapacious, some people are.