Economic materialism

“Saint Paul, the Apostle, original name Saul of Tarsus one of the leaders of the first generation of Christians, often considered to be the second most important person in the history of Christianity” (Sanders, 2016). The specific writing of St Paul that this essay will be focusing on will be The Galatians 5:13-26, from the New International Version. This specific chosen passage will be link the to a contemporary Social Justice issue, Violations of human rights and dignity. The passage of The…

American Dream (Thorstein Veblen, 1999). Happiness is the derivation of two fundamental things.) ''It takes good social foundations and trust,'' said John Helliwell, one of the report's editors and a professor emeritus in the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia. (Niraj Chokshi, Norway is No.1 in Happiness. The U.S., Sadly, Is No.14, New York Times, 2017).The obtainment of happiness is not derived from material possessions, rather from trust and having a good…

Consumerism, or the idea of increasingly buying more consumer goods, seems to have taken over today’s society. For example, advertisements that persuade one to buy a product can be seen almost everywhere from large and suspecting places, like televisions, to surprising and inconspicuous places, like on the side of eggshells. Any modern-day consumer should be able to quickly locate a nearby advertisement even in their own home! Society, through advertising, does nothing but support and fuel…

As large empires grow, their stability becomes increasingly difficult to maintain due to differences between social classes, oppositions to policies, and changes in religions. As recorded, China has been in this position multiple times, given that it holds one of the largest populations in the world. Consequently, it had to use a certain doctrine that is authoritarian enough to effectively rule over its people, with the accompanied moral guidelines derived from said doctrine. For example, the…

The improvement of the contemporary civilization has a tendency to increase the impact of capitalism on social relations, subculture, and values of societies. In this type of scenario, the development of the modern society leads to the weakening of primary ethical values and to the dehumanization of interpersonal relationships, while consumerist and commercial relationships grow to be a determinant factor in social relations. On this regard, it is conceivable to consult the book What Money…

Crime is necessary; it serves a function in society. Although it is not preferable, with the progression and evolution of modernity and emphasis on monetary success, crime is inevitable because a perfectly stable, uniform, and able society is impossible. As the father of sociology and a functionalist, Emile Durkheim provides a variety of explanations of society’s ills, like crime and deviance, and accounts for the punishments and repercussions that follow. He asserts that man is a product of his…

17.What was the overall U.S. unemployment rate during the worst periods of the Depression? B.:-) 25% 18.The thrust of Roosevelt’s “Good Neighbor” policy was to A. ? retreat from the military interventionism and blatant economic domination which had characterized previous American policy toward Latin America 19.All of the following “New Deal” agencies were created during the Great Depression to provide jobs for the unemployed EXCEPT A.:-) Farm Security Administration…

Myers author of “The Funds, Friends, and Faith of Happy People” talks about how “economic growth in affluent countries has provided no apparent boost to human morale (21).” Myers shows there is no correlation between money and happiness. Myers conducted studies and has written about the levels of happiness. “Countries where most can afford…

precisely because he is a wage slave...” (Lanius 28). Yes, money has the power to be the emancipator or the dictator in an individual’s life but only because of Americans’ desire for money produces injustice, an abstract idea beyond the scope of human materialism. The scales of justice, held by a blindfolded lady, has metaphorically been tipped by the wealthy who use their money to work smarter not harder (“Lady Justice”). When Hugh is on trial for an alleged larceny, he “would choose no…

Pushkin and Leo Tolstoy used the theme of greed to expose humans in their materialistic nature. According to Money and Mad Ambition: Economies of Russian Literature by Jillian Elizabeth Porter “traditionally conceived as a sharply negative form of economic and emotional behavior, and therefore relegated to the low genres of fables and comedies, miserliness offered early Realist authors a welcome narrative opportunity to expose private pettiness (greed for money) to public view” (95). The idea…