Many self-appointed defenders of capitalism seem to be embracing an ethical philosophy of finger-pointing. With one of these fingers, they point to a government that overspends, over-regulates and under-delivers. With another, they point to the supposed failure of large numbers of individual citizens to demonstrate adequate drive or to
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Or in the halls of government for that matter. ;)
In all seriousness though.
I defend cpatitalism because on the whole I believe that it has been a produced a net gain for society. One need only examine the standards of living between citizens of the Soviet Union vs. those of the US or the state of "the poor" today vs. the state of "the poor" 100 years ago.
That said, I think that serious problems arise when individuals are insulated from the consequences of thier actions.
"Moral Good" can be used to justify a lot of horrific actions when the person doing the justifing doesn't need to get thier hands dirty.
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The identification of that class of people depends entirely upon one's definition of "greed."
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