Ethics is founded on the idea that human actions are not entirely dictated by egoism, the pursuit of self-interest, but rather there is an overriding moral force that compels people to act even ...

Greed has its advocates. In Oliver Stone’s film Wall Street, the character Gordon Gekko claims that “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works.” The novelist Ayn Rand, ...