GoodWork Paper 57: Through the Eye of a Needle: Resolving Conflict between Personal Wealth and Personal Principles (PDF)
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Author(s): Charles Lang
Editor(s): Howard Gardner, Series Editor
Media: PDF
Description: Although a voluminous classical and popular literature has developed that deals indirectly with the relationship between wealth generation and morality, there is little evidence concerning how and whether people consider this issue in their everyday lives. In this paper, using survey and interview techniques, I address the shortage by focusing on the opinions of individuals in the education field. I argue that individuals do consider a link between morality and wealth regularly, yet the way they do changes with context. I develop a model of personal conflict whereby opinions about the relationship between morality and wealth generation are made in two ways: 1) an intuitive, automatic pathway and 2) a more methodical process of considering individual variables. I conclude that the two alternate methods can occur simultaneously within an individual and produce conflicting conclusions. Conflicting conclusions can affect decision making by constraining choice to the point where no significantly positive alternative can be found. One such choice in which this situation may occur is that of career. Failure to see entrance into this domain as a positive outcome can lead to ambivalence, affecting both professional engagement and excellence.
Author(s): Charles Lang
Editor(s): Howard Gardner, Series Editor
Media: PDF
Description: Although a voluminous classical and popular literature has developed that deals indirectly with the relationship between wealth generation and morality, there is little evidence concerning how and whether people consider this issue in their everyday lives. In this paper, using survey and interview techniques, I address the shortage by focusing on the opinions of individuals in the education field. I argue that individuals do consider a link between morality and wealth regularly, yet the way they do changes with context. I develop a model of personal conflict whereby opinions about the relationship between morality and wealth generation are made in two ways: 1) an intuitive, automatic pathway and 2) a more methodical process of considering individual variables. I conclude that the two alternate methods can occur simultaneously within an individual and produce conflicting conclusions. Conflicting conclusions can affect decision making by constraining choice to the point where no significantly positive alternative can be found. One such choice in which this situation may occur is that of career. Failure to see entrance into this domain as a positive outcome can lead to ambivalence, affecting both professional engagement and excellence.
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