Moral and Ethical Implications of Consumerism
The world today has been over run by consumerism. The ‘rich’ nations are damaging the planet, and slowly destroying the rest of their world, with their pursuit of material things. The Bible tells us that its doesn’t matter how much money one makes, but if you do happen to make a lot, give it to the poor. This is something that we should all live by, even if you do not support the Roman Catholic religion. almost all third world nations owe money to the rich nations, who enthusiastically and irresponsibly encouraged them to borrow during the 1970’s. Interest rates rose dramatically, and as a result, those countries have been left paying interest bills that in many cases have now exceeded the value of the original loan. in 1993, for every dollar given in aid, rich nations took back three dolllars in debt payments. The USA alone, with only 6% of the worlds population, consumes 30% of its resources. 20% of the world’s population consume over 70% of it material resources, and owns over 80% of its wealth although this global elite includes people in almost every country, it is mainly concentrated in the westernised, consumerist nations such as America, Canada, Western Europe, Saudi Arabia, Australia and Japan.
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Approximate Word count = 867
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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