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Hmmh, I remember reading a study (or studies) that showed wealthy people are generally more honest, the larger point being that you are unlikely to thrive if yo
by curiouslurker 12y ago
Hmmh, I remember reading a study (or studies) that showed wealthy people are generally more honest, the larger point being that you are unlikely to thrive if you are not virtuous or lack high character.
That said, I'll quote from "As a man thinketh" by James Allen where he says some thing along the line of: When people look at successful people who are cheats and unsuccessful ones who are honest, they forget to analyze all their other traits. The successful cheat may have serious talents, work ethic etc that make him successful despite his dishonesty and the unsuccessful saint may be lazy, unambitious or have other faults that make him unsuccessful.
- cafard 12y agoThe wealthy might have less incentive to lie in the small everyday transactions that make an impression. The English of the 19th Century regarded the Irish as inveterate liars, perhaps not considering the disproportion in power between the official classes (English and Anglo-Irish dominated) and the rest of the population. As for the unsuccessful saint, presumably he regards sanctity rather than wealth as success.
- pronoiac 12y agoI heard the opposite. "A new study suggests that being wealthy primes people to act like jerks." http://healthland.time.com/2012/02/28/why-the-rich-are-less-ethical-they-see-greed-as-good/ http://healthland.time.com/2012/02/28/why-the-rich-are-less-...