Does money corrupt, or is money attractive to questionable people? - eviltoast

I was gonna include a third option about how money is easier to achieve without considering the morality of your actions but that’s not really a philosophy as much as it is an objective fact.

  • Kacarott@aussie.zone
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    1 month ago

    I don’t think money itself corrupts, but power does and power comes with money. Im currently reading a book “Human Kind” that argues that people are generally pretty decent, but that even a little bit of power almost always starts changing people’s behaviour, affecting their empathy, etc.

    • RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works
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      1 month ago

      Personally, I hate having power over others or being in a position of authority. I even feel weird telling my own children what to do.