To: JasonC
Acting in your own self interest is fine. Millions do it everyday, and it makes the system work. Acting in your own self interest is amoral, however, and does not qualify you as a saint in my understanding of the definition of the word. My dog acts in his own self interest, too, but I don’t consider him a saint.
To: throwback
Of course the term is metaphorical, but sure Buffett is a saint as capitalists go. He has always been a white knight investor, all his takeovers are friendly or he doesn't do them, and everyone who invests with him earns the same returns he does himself. And no, that is not "amoral". It is moral. The only real kind of justice there is.
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08/06/2009 12:08:24 PM PDT by
JasonC
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