Patient Greed

Money is the life force of all of society. In every aspect, money determines the value of good, services, and even people’s lives. As we breathe air to function, society relies on finances to function. And if society, the unity of humanity, relies on money, than the leaders of society want to limit and control it to withhold their power over humanity. They do this by limiting what can be bought and sold, while also controlling how much different things cost. These limitations allow our leaders to control our money and, through that, our value and influence to society.

The fields of medicine and business are two fields that are derived from different ends of the motive spectrum in terms of cognition (how we think) and economics (how we think about our money). At least they should be. I believe that the underlying issue with the United States healthcare system is that there tends to be a large amount of overlay in these two opposite forms of cognition. Clearly illustrated by Dr. Steven Nissen when he says that, “When medicine became a business, we lost our moral compass.” Medicine was never meant to become a trillion dollar business. This might strike you to be quite a jarring

Understanding the topic of medical fraud and off labeling is important, especially for consumers who participate in the use of prescription drugs. It is imperative to understand what your doctor is prescribing and knowing the specific uses of said drug. Off labeling may occur and recognizing this fact will only benefit a wise consumer and make them aware of the risks of using a drug that was prescribed for a uses not on the label. This topic is especially important during the time of new Healthcare reform. Although it seems like we should be able to trust our doctors and believe what they tell us and the drugs they approve

     The issues of greed have a stronghold in myriad literary pieces, effectively demonstrating the value humanity places upon materialistic commodities. Money is , indeed,

The 20th century is considered to be a money culture. Materialism, a devotion to making money and to having a good time are all products of a money making culture. All of technology is controlled by an interest in private profit (Dewey, p15). Sigmund Freud and John Dewy both see this day in age as a time devoted to the “scientific revolution” and profit from this drastic advance in mankind. Civilization, as we know it today, is largely to blame for the misery of the common people. The American people no longer have a sense of individualism. Luxuries have become a necessity instead of a vice and materialism has become a way of life. The characteristics of the modern world surround the importance of the attainment of material possessions

We as humans are so quick to want or wish for things and pester the idea throughout life as we know it. We seemingly let envy steer desire as it consumes us after seeing rich, famous, and important icons on TV, social media, and the press. It

Capitalist activity role is in the individual to achieve the greatest profit and the materialism is required for that. Also, it led to the aggravation of conflict between the states to control the wealth of the world. Furthermore, all members of the community will suffer from this issue because there is no any faith

Greed is the desire to have more than one’s equal portion, to be more than acquaintances of each other. Greed is after all the desire for power. Therefore, much of this is connected to the atomistic individualism, a greedy person realizes others as a mean to an end, but not as and equivalent human being. Greed is a normal result of individuals who are seeking security along with material belongings in a structure which teaches them to do so and to make the competitiveness of all opposition to all the preconditions to that security and the material possessions. There is no doubt that the individuals are corruptible, but we know for ourselves that there are more appealing, tempting qualities, than money, capital gain, and power. So much so that

manifest itself as avarice, cupidity, exceeding ambition, lust, or gluttony”. In a capitalist society, monetary greed is typically viewed as good; it’s the sole force that propels the economy, causing it to grow. However, the term has been changed to distance ourselves from the negative stigma surrounding the word greed. Today, we instead call it consumerism. To witness greed in person, all one needs is to observe shoppers during a Black Friday sales event. Seeing people push, shove, climb over, and even violently assault their peers easily demonstrates that there are negative consequences to a greedy state of mind driven by the fear of scarcity.

Our human morality accepts that money isn’t always everything, but the idea that you can live without it is foolish. Money creates structure, without the right structure society would fail. Take, for example, the Articles of Confederation, most of the chaos caused is a consequence of the different currencies running in the same economy. So if we cannot live a normal life without money, where does that leave us? Wanting more, wanting a stable lifestyle and security that we will have a shelter, food, and clothes the next day. Or all the money we can put in our bank accounts. Why is the majority caught in this? Money has value, so the more money we have the greater someone is worth; therefore we are always trying to get more because without value or worth be can't succeed. Success makes a person someone with a purpose in society, and if we have no purpose what is life worth to us, them..... YOU? Our attitudes towards money aren't always the same, it depends on one's knowledge, and how life treats them and someone's experience. Humanity has accepted the idea that if want to make something out of yourself, you have to put your best foot forward and fight for it furthermore when you get it hold on to it. But as true as this is, if someone with less gives one with more, then people get offended. Why, is someone of their status giving me something I have a lot of? What is someone like them giving me money, shouldn't they be begging me for money? Don't they know I can own them? So it's right for some with a higher financial status is allowed to give money away but a homeless person isn't? When someone has success these days they forget that money isn't everything, this a thing that happens too often. The thing about making money is that not everyone keeps the same morals they started

Throughout society, several individuals ponder on the notion: “How does greed lead to one’s demise?” However, before discussing the consequences of greed, one must consider its motives. Greed is developed when an individual faces adversity early on in life or becomes envious of others because it motivates them to search for an alternative that fills the void of deprivation. To guarantee that their desire is fulfilled, their greed will lead them to perform impulsive and irrational actions, resulting in their demise.

In the three videos viewed during class, the topic of greed and its effect on the lives of individuals are discussed. In the first video, one hears a speech directed given by fictional character Gordon Gekko to spectators in the movie “Wall Street”, where he advocates in favor for greed driven enterprises. Greed, Gekko exclaims, is essential to the well-being of the economy, for it “…has marked the upward surge in mankind.” In the second video, Milton Friedman makes his case for the concept of greed after being probed from Phil Donahue. Donahue mentioned the lack of virtue of Capitalism, when Friedman fires back on the concerns of virtue of Communism and Fascism, for they lacked the principle as well. Lastly, the Fox Business program delved into the topic further with analysis of both sides of the spectrum, either advocating or dissuading the concept of greed. The show promulgated in favor of the aspect, with even the host exclaiming that the principal gives

Healthcare is a monopolized industry. In many ways, some people dislike this because the healthcare and pharmaceuticals continue to increase. However, the pharmaceutical monopolies can be favorable to the consumer. There are always pros and cons to everything but sometimes one must dig a little deeper to find the pros. According to the article, “Advantages of Monopoly”, the power of monopoly allows for more medical drug developments. Drug research has a high research failure but with monopoly profits, medical research is able to be funded (2016, para. 2). But to fund this research it also is a high price for the consumers to pay. The healthy people that don’t rely on medical drugs may see this as a con while the people who need medical

Materialism and the want of consumer goods, has proved to be a prevalent force in the last century. When superficially thinking about materialism, one would not immediately register that there is a relationship between materialism and ethics; although, under examination, we can see that there is indeed a great association between the two. Are materialism and the obsessive consumer culture we have made for ourselves ethical? People's opinion on this question can be polar opposites. Some people believe that materialism has great benefits for the technological and economic growth, while others argue that materialism strips people of their individuality and creates unethical division between the rich and the

Substandard medicines “are genuine medicines produced by legitimate manufacturers that do not meet the quality specifications that the producer says they meet. For example, they may contain less (or more) active ingredient than written on the package. This may not e an intention to cheat, but may be due to problems with the manufacturing process”.(WHO, 2005).