The thought of Materialism
The thought of MaterialismMaterialism is defined as a preoccupation with or stress upon material rather than intellectual or spiritual things. Justice is that which is fair proper, correct, and honest. A sense of what is right or of what should happen. In this way justice is involved with materialism because placing material goods above God and everything else, is not proper and is not what should happen. A girl wrote the article that I found, and in it she explains that, in general, U.S. citizens are preoccupied with material possessions and wealth. Not to say that gaining material goods is all wrong, but there is a limit on what people need and what people want.
When trying to define something as right or wrong it is difficult to draw the line on a subject like materialism. It is ok to have many material goods, but if a person has an excess of these goods and does not share them with the people who truly need them it is very wrong. There are many needy people in the world and each day that number grows even more. According to a recent survey, from 198 to 1998 the average income of the wealthiest fifth has increased by ten percent and the average income of the poorest fifth has rose by only less than one percent. It gives proof to the saying that, “the rich get richer.”
Along with the moral problems this subject presents, there are also economic issues. When poor people try to get jobs, it doesn’t help matters that businesses only pay the entry level worker minimum wage, when it has been shown that business, such as McDonalds, can afford to pay its entry level workers much more than minimum wage. On average, the income ratio from top-level businessmen to entry-level workers is 152 to 1. It has also been shown that entry-level workers work just as hard if not harder than people higher up on the chain of command.
The main law that has been passed is people...
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