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Does money corrupt, or is money attractive to questionable people? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was gonna include a third option about how money is easier to achieve without considering the morality of your actions but that's not really a philosophy as much as it is an objective fact.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't think money itself corrupts, but power does and power comes with money. Im currently reading a book "Human Kind" that argues that people are generally pretty decent, but that even a little bit of power almost always starts changing people's behaviour, affecting their empathy, etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Personally, I hate having power over others or being in a position of authority. I even feel weird telling my own children what to do.