| This question <13|22> overall <14|16> Hans: <12|16>. |
| Exam Question 1: What is wealth? |
| [15] Hans: No reason to apologize I wrote in [12]: “In the Annotations you will find the definition: ‘wealth is anything that enhances human life.’ Therefore it is a means, not an end.” Chocolate wrote in [13]: “Wealth is a beterment, that will help enhance one's standard of living.” And the rest of your posting did not add much to this. You repeated something that had already been said on the net, with only minimal additions, and therefore your grade would have been penalized. I did not make this decision while I was angry, but I let my anger cool off before making this decision. |
| I am however glad that you elaborated more on this Question in [13]. These elaborations make it clear that you are making two mistakes: |
| (1) you are reducing wealth to material things. A rich cultural heritage, cities which are neither noisy nor polluted, a generally high level of health and education, are also wealth. Marx said that an abundance of free time is true wealth. |
| (2) moreover, you are reducing wealth to privately owned material things. Public libraries, a good mass transportation system, etc., are also wealth. |
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