is greed an essntial human quality ?

Answer 1

essential (adj.) - required; necessary

A big resounding NO! I've managed to live without it.

"Greed" is a perversion of "want". Wanting is a completely normal human experience. Greed is wanting more, even when the need that caused the want has already been realistically fulfilled.

Answer 2

Yes. Without greed, there would not be an economy. People are greedy and want the greater things in life, so they will buy more, which fuels the economy. In order the afford the finer things in life, you need to have the money to back it up. So this motivates people to work harder in their jobs, creating greater workers changing the world. Greed affects everyday life. It causes people to be hard workers, achieve their dreams, and become successful the way they want; all because they are greedy :)

Answer 3

Greed is expecting more that your share. It is the indulgence of self interest at the expense of group interest.

But it is a profoundly subjective term, because who decides what ‘your share’ is.

What is essential is Self interest. Life can virtually be defined as an organism pursuing its self interest. We form societies out of self interest, because we feel group membership will make our lives better.

But when does self interest become greed?

Clearly a man robbing a bank, or lawyer filing a frivolous lawsuit are being greedy, but what about Bill Gates? Millions of people use his software. Has his indulgence in self interest been at the group’s expense, or has he helped the group?

Communist believe the wealth of society should flow from each according to his ability, to each according to his need. To a Communist, Bill Gates clearly has more than he needs, so Bill Gates is Greedy. (As are most Westerners by Communist standards)

To a Libertarian, society should be given just enough to police and pave the streets. So long as Gates pays his police and infrastructure taxes, and his product doesn’t harm group interest, Gate’s is fine. If his product helps the group, Gate’s is golden.

If greed is wanting more than you need, than I would regard it as being essential.

If greed is wanting more than you deserve, I would see it as typical but non essential.

But again, what someone deserves is a subjective judgment call.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

no it is not, you could want all the money in the world but when you have it still share it or giv it away, greed is a idea instilled in our minds from certain experiences. there are people that have found thousands of dollars and returned it to their owners, there are parents that give the little they have to their children while they go hungry so thats a big NO

Answer 6

Satan has the power to rule over the Human side of us.
We are also spiritual which is from God.
We have the spiritual ability to fight Satan by knowing and calling on God.
Satan uses Greed as one of his many devices to influence us away from our father in heaven.
It is of the human side and it is a sin.

Answer 7

Greed is selfish, excessive or uncontrolled desire for or pursuit of money, wealth, food, or other possessions, especially when this denies the same goods to others. It is generally considered a vice, and is one of the seven deadly sins in Catholicism. (People who do not view unconstrained acquisitiveness as a vice will generally use a word other than greed, which has strong negative connotations.)

Some desire to increase one's wealth is nearly universal and acceptable in any culture, but this simple want is not considered greed. Greed is the extreme form of this desire, especially where one desires things simply for the sake of owning them. Greed may entail acquiring material possessions at the expense of another person's welfare (for example, a father buying himself a new car rather than fix the roof of his family's home) or otherwise reflect flawed priorities.

Coveting another person's goods is usually called envy, a word commonly confused with jealousy. The two words denote opposite forms of greed. We may envy and wish to have the possessions or qualities of another, but we jealously guard the possessions or qualities we believe we have and refuse to share these with others. Greed for food or drink, combined with excessive indulgence in them, is called gluttony. Excessive greed for and indulgence in sex is called lust, although this term no longer carries as negative connotations as it once did.

Greed is sometimes represented by the frog.

A woodcut by Ugo da Carpi, is entitled "Hercules Chasing Avarice from the Temple of the Muses." [1]. Thomas Aquinas metaphorically described the sin of Avarice as "Mammon being carried up from Hell by a wolf, coming to inflame the human heart with Greed".

Proponents of laissez-faire capitalism sometimes argue that greed should not be considered a negative trait and should instead be embraced, as they claim that greed is a profoundly benevolent force in human affairs, as well as a necessary foundation for the capitalist system. Critics have argued this definition confuses greed with self-interest, which can be benign

Answer 8

Back in th e80's Raigon and Thatcher took the sin of greed and made it a virtue.

Answer 9

No. Anything that sways one's focus from the Absolute is inessential.

Answer 10

No, it is not essential. There are many humanitarians and generous souls who are not greedy.