This topic is explored in Michael Sandel's book Justice[1]. IIRC his conclusion is that we are products of our environment and as such we owe a debt to the en

This topic is explored in Michael Sandel's book Justice[1]. IIRC his conclusion is that we are products of our environment and as such we owe a debt to the environment that helped create us: university, school, parents and not least of all the society that helped to build everything that came before us. So the question should not be how do you justify earning it but just how much can you justify keeping it? Kind of lefty, I know, but it's Friday :) [1] http://www.amazon.co.uk/Justice-Whats-Right-Thing-Do-ebook/dp/B002RUA4XE?ie=UTF8&ref_=dp_kinw_strp_1 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Justice-Whats-Right-Thing-Do-ebook/d...