RE: T. Friedman editorial

[Nick Arnett]

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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Gautam Mukunda

[snip]

> Virtues produce wealth for
> individuals as well - working hard, delaying gratification,
> self-discipline - all of these are virtues and virtuous behavior, and, on
> the whole, those people who display them are well off, and those
> who do not
> are not.  Virtue, it is often said, is its own reward.

Er, surely you can see that you have utterly contradicted yourself.

The meaning of "virtue is its own reward" is to say that one cannot expect
material reward for one's virtue.  In other words, exactly the opposite of
the argument you are making.  Those five words would be an appropriate
rebuttal to Friedman's piece.

Nick