Re: What is evil?
But he didn't really believe greed is good; he only believed it was good for him. He knew many of the things he did was wrong; he asked his protege for inside information on an airline, since his protege's father worked for that airline.
My sense is that many people who say they think they're doing thing for good really know that they're doing bad things and are just trying to put the best public face they can on their deeds. Since Adam Smith formulated the principle, we've seen that the supposed common public good that comes from self-interested entrepreneurs is not always evident.
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