Play Devil's Advocate with me for a moment, and accept my outrageous premise. Despite what mainstream media, Hollywood productions, conventional wisdom, anecdotal evidence and history might tell us, the notion that no one, upon lying on their deathbed, wishes they spent more time at the office, is f...
I was sitting, a few weeks ago, with friends, and we were talking and unwinding after a long week's work. An astrophysicist, an engineer, a lawyer, and a business executive, a table adorned with a beer, a glass of wine, whiskey on the rocks, and an iced tea, relaxing and enjoying the reprise th...
Imagine, if you will, arriving to your best friend's wedding bearing a gift. Except, the gift is what might be, if I may say so, considered by the typical standard, underwhelming, as it was something that you grabbed at the last second, en route to the wedding, with ill an inspired moment of fo...
It's the thought that counts, right? In this series we've already touched upon the notions of the means justifying the ends, as well as ascribing the same level of proper regard for human intentions as we do to inanimate objects. The next, perhaps natural, step, then, is to examine...
Your favorite chair, cane, plate, coffee cup, what did they do to earn your favoritism? It is funny to think that an inanimate object can hold such esteem, when it has, in fact, done nothing to bring benefit, or harm. The loss of this item might bring some manner of grief, akin to the loss of a love...
Render unto Caesar, it is said, what is Caesar's. The astute might observe in this expression, however, no mention of anything beyond that. It does not suggest that one renders to Caesar what is proper, what is expected, what might earn favor or gratitude, or what might be above or below the renderi...
The ends justify the means, always. That is, of course, the very premise of the decision to execute any means to achieve any end, independent of the notions of good or evil, of merit or demerit. The debate, then, about whether the ends justify the means, that society or any congregated group might h...
Mob mentality is an interesting and powerful phenomena. It can incite riots among the civil, and peace among warring factions. The power of mob mentality lies in the fact that, as observed in other postings within the Wellth Blog, the human tendency is to sympathize with the emotions of...
Does a bank, having given a loan to one customer, clear and void that debt if the debt of a secondary customer is repaid? Does the hunger of a laborer become satisfied because his fellow laborer eats their fill? It seems obvious that, though the logical process of events is satisfied, their effects ...
What is it about the rich and famous that makes their lives so interesting, so mesmerizing, so worth publicizing as dramas and tabloid articles and documentaries?
Adam Smith argues that the nature of humankind is to associate the rich and powerful with that of being wise and virtuous. We ...
