The root of all evil?

**Frownland** · 08-02-2022, 12:41 PM

My vote would go to the mass framing moral decisions as immutable human nature.

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Originally Posted by Marie Monday

Without money, people would also act greedy and exploitative, for instance

What would be the benefit of greed if there's no money or barter system to incentivize amassing more than you could use yourself?

**Marie Monday** · 08-02-2022, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

What would be the benefit of greed if there's no money or barter system to incentivize amassing more than you could use yourself?

I was assuming there would still be some kind of barter system. I think as long as material possessions exist, so will the amassment of them for the sake of bartering

**Frownland** · 08-02-2022, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Marie Monday

I was assuming there would still be some kind of barter system. I think as long as material possessions exist, so will the amassment of them for the sake of bartering

That's fair, but I think the blame falls more on systems that reinforces exploitation.

ribbons · 08-02-2022, 05:52 PM

There are varying degrees of selfishness, and while selfishness does not always produce evil, it is always a component of evil. As such selfishness is imo the universal underlying root of all evil.

**Marie Monday** · 08-03-2022, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

That's fair, but I think the blame falls more on systems that reinforces exploitation.

Oh yeah absolutely

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ribbons Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,265	There are varying degrees of selfishness, and while selfishness does not always produce evil, it is always a component of evil. As such selfishness is imo the universal underlying root of all evil.