Monday, 23 August 2010

What are the negative consequences of valuing private profitability over social need?

People who
hold to the ideas of communitarianism would say that there are many problems that come of
valuing private profitability.  Some of them include:

  • Pollution.
     As we value profitability, we allow companies to do things that create problems for the
    environment.  We do this because we worry more about allowing the companies to make profit than
    we do about the consequences for the environment.
  • Crime.  When we value
    profitability, we tend to allow a great deal of economic inequality.  This leads to a situation
    in which we do not do enough to help the poor get out of poverty.  Their economic needs and
    their psychological frustrations help lead to higher rates of crime.

  • General breakdown of social... href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communitarianism">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communitarianism

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