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Monks, of all people, recognize that building moral character is not done because it brings material rewards, and in fact its quite the opposite.

• olivermarks 4y ago
  Exactly. you can be very wealthy, go into a monastry to build moral character and leave all that behind. I have an old friend who was self made v wealthy by the time he was twenty, gave it all up and now spends a lot of time helping disadvantaged people. The assumption that being set for life, wealthy etc equals a person who is callous about others is as nonsensical as the idea a psychologically badly damaged person living on the streets can just pull themselves together, get a job and straighten out... specious and very rigid narrow perspectives
  • WalterGR 4y ago
    > The assumption that being set for life, wealthy etc equals a person who is callous about others is as nonsensical... But nobody is claiming that. You're right, it is nonsensical! I think the question is: To what degree does one's wealth affect how one believes others should behave to achieve similar success and/or not be homeless?
    • MichaelZuo 4y ago
      Unknown, and probably will never be known to any degree of certainty.