What is the Right Thing to Do?

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Greed is a vice, a bad way of being, especially when it makes people oblivious to the suffering of others. More than a personal vice, it is at odds with civic virtue. In times of trouble, a good society pulls together. Rather than press for a maximum advantage, people look out for one another. A society in which people exploit their neighbors for financial gain in times of crisis is not a good society" -Michael Sandel, "What is the Right Thing to Do? ", 2009

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