Justice in distributoin or fairness or fair play is what I've found is at the root of those feelings. I've been trying to figure it out by trying to delve into the philosophy to discover it:
Distributive justice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Haven't gotten anywhere yet.
Another notion is finding out that the pihlosophies we have today are inherited from past thinkers. Look at this:
Just price - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Quote:
Although Aquinas believed all gains made in trade were wrong, he was willing to accept them as a necessary evil, provided the gains were regulated and kept within certain bounds, and provided they were directed toward a public good:
...there is no reason why gain [from trading] may not be directed to some necessary or even honourable end; and so trading will be rendered lawful; as when a man uses moderate gains acquired in trade for the support of his household, or even to help the needy...
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Moral economy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Torrilink: That's a fair point. I'm not sure how to define greed then, or does greed not even exist. Greed, intuitively, has two meanings to me: 1. Pursuing something for the sake of having it and 2. Having more than you need. For example, I don't hoard air in case i run out of it, nor sunlight, nor water.
Clearly, then, I don't want more than a thousand dollars a month passive income because that would be more than I needed and thus I would be greedy and/or being accused of being greedy.
I'm loving this thread.