Money provides a certain level of living in consumption and existential terms.
Money allows you to undertake investment projects, organize business operations.
However, not everything can be bought with money. However, money does not ensure happiness, not everything can be bought.
For example, true, good friendship and love, and other feelings and higher values can not be bought.
In view of the above, the current question is: Can everything be bought for money?
Please, answer, comments. I invite you to the discussion.
The current societal stage of the total monetary economy implies a full commodification of everything that can be sold as product or service on markets.
Every-thing can be bought by money, but not every-body, in philosophical terms.
No everything can't be bought with money, and not every person; if everything could be bought, then Rich people would be the happiest of all, ...and we all must not be trying to find... ,what is true happiness.
If this used to be the case , reach people would not have been sorrow. First requirement health, second Love and money
The truth is that nothing is important to buy money, no health, no science, no happiness, no peace of mind. All that is bought with money is only what works in the way to get everything important.
الحقيقة انه لاشيئ مهم يشترى بالمال لا الصحة ولا العلم ولا السعادة ولا راحة البال كل ما يشترى بالمال هو فقط ما ينفع في الطريق للحصول على كل شيئ مهم
Nice deep and meaningful question for Christmas.
Might I suggest culture and psychology have a high degree of influence on contentment? The less empathy, and feelings of belonging, that one has the higher the satisfaction with material wealth and self-aggrandisement. Probably a little beyond the scope of economics but is a true psychopath happy.
If there are no feelings of humanity and empathy, then they may be truly happy. Do they crave love and attention or are they happy with simply being rich in a material sense. If so money has bought them happiness.
If, on the other hand, if someone is happy helping others, for no reward, then altruistism cannot be destroyed by poverty.
Money has developed in time as an universal tool to translate the perceived value (by people) of things into something 'tradeable'. We exchage the value of things into a certain amount of gold, nicely formed metals, gemstones, numbers or certificates. Having this artifical value in hand we - as individuals and societies - perceive to be poor or rich, or to be able to act, or consider us as 'less developed' or more wealthy. The expression of Growth-Domestic-Product (GDP) per country is likewise a tool to assess the 'value of a country'. It gives the impression that a country that claims a higher GDP is better positioned than a country with lower GDP, whereas status of feelings, health and peace are not included in this value setting. To answer this question, the task would be to list all options, goods, relevant items, aspects and perceptions that fail to be transformed into this human made value equivalent. I conisder the following aspects as not buyable: Past, time, future, dreams, hope, love, feelings, thrusting, perceived surprises, happiness, sadness, emotions, loneliness, depression, sleeping. I am convinced that other individual experiences, other cultures can contribute many more aspects 'that can not be bought' from their perspective. A mapping of aspects that can not be bought from a diversity of cultural perspectives may reveal what aspects are more cultural driven (by beliefs) or what aspects could be considered as more universally agreed upon as 'non buyable'.
You answered your own question: of course money cannot buy everything. Money is extremely useful in trade, but not everything is traded. If there is a market, money is great; if no market, money is not effective (you can't buy water from a lizard in the desert).
You can monetize everything in terms of assigning a monetary value to anything and everything. However, you cannot buy everything with money.
No, of course, there are many things that can not be obtained through money, such as health, happiness, peace of mind and a sense of security .
Can everything be bought for money?
There are still many things money can't buy e.g. peace, joys, time, youth, life, salvation etc.
There is a Chinese saying - depicting money is something we need to have but not meant for everything:
钱不是万能的，但没有钱是万万不能的
(English Translation: Money is not everything, but without it you can do nothing)
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The answer is obviously NO... NO for the things that can bring us long-term real happiness...
Definitely not everything can be bought by money, many of which are dignity and self-respect
With money, people can fulfill their material need. However, money cannot buy everything such as happiness, friendship and love, health, and appetite. ... Money cannot buy happiness and the real happiness comes when people can give what they have to help other people.
Definitely , NOT. Money can help, but..., can't buy intelligence, wisdom, happiness, health, good character (often, on the contrary). Can't buy the smile on the faces of my wife and daughters.
Money is necessary to buy many a things in present day. However, there are lots of things that money cannot buy like love, longevity, time, loyalty, integrity and intelligence etc.
You’re can not buying health with money 💰 in the moment you’re are not feeling healthy money means nothing
Money can buy concrete things, but it can't buy everything.
Money does not ensure happiness, not everything can be bought.For example, good friendship , time, knowledge, manners
and higher values can not be bought.
Dear Friends and Colleagues of RG
Money provides a certain level of living in consumption and existential terms.
Money allows you to undertake investment projects, organize business operations.
However, not everything can be bought with money. However, money does not ensure happiness, not everything can be bought.
For example, true, good friendship and love, and other feelings and higher values can not be bought.
Do you agree with me on the above matter?
Please reply
Best wishes
Dariusz Prokopowicz No, Never, and can never be!!
Money can never be everything in life. Though money can buy expensive luxury items can satisfy your needs but can never bit happiness, peace in life. Money is an important part of life because it helps us to satisfy our needs n hunger of stomach. Everyone wants monetary gain in life so that they fulfill their demands and their loved one’s demand as well. Some people are so hungry for money that they use unfair means to gain money. But to utter dismay, they are the people who don’t have satisfaction and peace of mind.
Today, in fast moving life, we see people struggling for money, sometimes we also see brother killing his own brother for some lum-sum of money. N thats truely annoying feature of money!! They are the people who deprive themselves from the nature main elements called “Love”, “Affection”, and “Respect”.
There is a saying goes as……
“If money is lost nothing is lost,
If peace is lost something is lost,
But,
If Respect n Character is lost everything is lost”
True is the saying above, having immense of money without having earned by good means, Is the money similar to garbage
Now a days, In India, We have politicians who are illiterates but have immense of money. They also have criminal records charged on them but no one points it out because they cease everyone’s mouth by giving huge amount of money. Do you think having so much of money with them. Can bring happiness and satisfactions in their life??
No, Never, and Can never!! Bring happiness.
All the politicians, criminals smuggler, people who run after money, people who assasinate other just for the sake of money are always in a mentally disturbed condition. There condition is even worse than the beggar on the Pavements.
For example :-
There are many more politicians and assasinators but i list only few.
So now you may have understood what I have been trying to say all these while.
So now
Infact, Beggars are much more happier than those business tycoons, self-proclaimed politicians and all the person who are money freaks. Because, Though beggars dont have enough money to buy expensive luxury items, dont have huts to get sheltered but the thing which they have is something very precious and that is peace of mind, mentally calm conditions. Its jst because they know they haven’t done anything wrong to anyone. So why will they be hampered by any stranger!! Why will the police investigate them!!
They are totally in a peaceful condition. Because they are earning there honest wages and are not corrupt.
Today, India’s population has reached to 125 crores+ and 75% of people are the ones who are very rich but aren’t living a peacfull life. 10% are the people who are common peoples who are educated but are unemployed and those who are employed, are earning there honest wages and are happy with there families. And remaining 15% are the people who are very poor but are happy with there family and are living in peace with only those things which God has betowed upon them. They don’t have much dreams and desires.
They main and much important thing in life is Love, Affection, Respect, Dignity, Love for ones Family. These are things which people must be carefull off…instead of running for more money than is sufficient for all the needs in life.
Because,one day we all will die and all the money would become papers again
Hope it would help you all.
I agree with the opinion of most of the discussants that, unfortunately, not everything can be bought with money. There are many things and values that can not be bought for any money.
Best wishes
it is not possible to buy everything with money for example peace of mind.
Money is an important part of life we buy food, home, car, drug, but not all, for example, happiness, comfort, health, science , etc.
Dear not everything can be bought with money like peace and happiness.
No we can't buy everything by money. Money can be medium between giver and taker but not ultimate. Circumstance leads to us to choose medium.
In your answers there is basically full agreement that not everything can be bought, that there are many key values and important human issues that are not available even with very large financial resources. From the above discussion, your conclusions show that there are many values and important issues that cannot be bought.
In the context of the above discussion, I am asking you: In the current development of civilization, economic development of countries, improvement of the material situation of citizens, improvement of living conditions, can a problem be the imbalance between the accumulation of material things as part of achieving economic well-being and the development and formation of values that cannot be bought for money?
What is your opinion on this topic?
Please reply
This is one of the problem of ours that either we are extremist to our ideology or don't have any ideology at all. We have to put everything in the "exact same order" as they should be. The same thing also should be applied in case of money. Of course money is one of the most vital thing nowadays because good quality of food, education, accommodation, transport, health care, traveling in some places, fulfill family demands etc needs lots of money which brings enormous happiness in our life- we only feel this when we don't have money. But on the other hand- true love, true friendship, true colleagues, mental satisfaction, job satisfaction etc these spiritual blessings can't be achieved by money. So money is one of the most significant thing in our life but not the most valuable one.
The current societal stage of the total monetary economy implies a full commodification of everything that can be sold as product or service on markets.
Every-thing can be bought by money, but not every-body, in philosophical terms.
Generally, YES!
Nevertheless, the are some exceptions, ....
* Persons who has a strong "correlation" with principles, values, "true" religions, etc., cannot be bought easily with money !
* In Heavenly religions, there some examples which can be discussed, like: inner satisfaction, profound and true love, sun light, the rain, the wind! ....
Dear Dr. Prokopowicz! Money is a neccassary evil for people of today. Still overall life satisfaction does not necessarily depends on finacial well-being:
Jéssica Pulino Campara & Kelmara Mendes Vieira & Ani Caroline Grigion Potrich (2017). " Overall Life Satisfaction and Financial Well-Being: Revealing the Perceptions of the Beneficiaries of the Bolsa Família Program" Revista de Administração Pública On-line version ISSN 1982-3134, Available at: Article Satisfação Global de Vida e Bem-estar Financeiro: desvendand...
Citation: "the most representative cluster is made up of beneficiaries with high OLS and low FWB, who have precarious financial conditions, past due accounts and negative credit records as well as budget constraints that mean they cannot accumulate savings and cannot afford extra consumption".
May I argue that money should not be a "neccassary evil" as today it is. Money is just a set of numbers, the value of it depends on the context: trust, tntegrity, morals and ethical thinkng in a cultural context. Yours sincerely, Bulcsu Szekely
No matter how rich you are there are invaluable things like Respect, Integrity, Manners, Wisdom, Health, Contentment, Happiness, Love, Inner beauty, Positive attitude, Truth, Talent, and Mindfulness that money can't buy for you.
It is never possible because the most important things in our life cannot be bought with money. Health, feelings, mental integrity, happiness, love, and psychological comfort cannot be bought with money. Rather, money in many cases becomes a source of misery to its owner. Rather, it may be a cause of many mental illnesses.
Dear colleague,
In the encyclopedia of livelihood, material livelihood at the last level, there is love, the presence of parents, friends, family, happiness, conscience, happiness, children, health, work, family, cooperation, solidarity, helping others, laughing with people, and science and health are the greatest livelihood , Preserving noble values such as courage, telling the truth, standing with the oppressed, generosity and good hospitality, and therefore you may find rich deprived of courage and knowledge, laughter with others and the warmth of the family and without validity so his money does not buy him his health ...
The most important things in life, happiness and health, could not be bought with money. One has to work hard to get and preserve these.
Of course there are many things not for sale such as degnity and honor
Money is the lowest level of livelihood, wellness is the highest level of livelihood, the best of children is the best level of livelihood، the satisfaction of the Lord of worlds is the complete.
- Money can buy medicine, but it can’t buy health.
- Money can buy designer clothes and make-up, but it can’t buy inner beauty.
- Money can buy a bigger house, but it can’t buy a home.
- Money can buy adulation but not respect.
- Money can buy someone’s services, but it can’t buy their loyalty.
- Money can buy books, but it can’t buy knowledge, wisdom, and experience.
- Money can buy flattery, but not self-esteem.
- Money can buy a comfortable bed, but can’t buy sound sleep.
- Money can buy thrills and distractions, but it can’t buy serenity and inner peace.
- Money can buy the costly trappings, but it can’t buy character, integrity & morals.
- Money can buy expensive watches, but it can’t buy time.
“Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead.”
― Kurt Vonnegut
But you have your own children...
Money can buy concrete things, but it can't buy everything. If you have enough money, you can buy any material possession. You might also have enough money to get people to be nice to you in hopes that you can do something for them.
Never....Happiness, Harmony/peace and so on. Money is important but doesnt solve everything or answereth all things. Only God Almighty through his son Jesus Christ give or answer everything
I have always been indifferent to money, being altruistic. Stoicism is a sign of a greatest man and a unique woman's dignity and nobility. And what about our children? Our parents? Our charity? Our own development? Our health? Our old days? Is it possible to be both humanistic and penniless in the corrupt society, where the lives of the whole generation were stolen by?
Money have buy material comfort but can't buy eternal happiness.
Only material u can buy through money but not respected and happiness.
"..capitalism is basically a system where everything is for sale, and the more money you have, the more you can get. And, in particular, that's true of freedom. Freedom is one of the commodities that is for sale, and if you are affluent, you can have a lot of it. It shows up in all sorts of ways. It shows up if you get in trouble with the law, let's say, or in any aspect of life it shows up. And for that reason it makes a lot of sense, if you accept capitalist system, to try to accumulate property, not just because you want material welfare, but because that guarantees your freedom, it makes it possible for you to amass that commodity. [...] what you're going to find is that the defense of free institutions will largely be in the hands of those who benefit from them, namely the wealthy, and the powerful. They can purchase that commodity and, therefore, they want those institutions to exist, like free press, and all that".
- "Anarchism : Noam Chomsky interviewed by David Dobereiner, John Hess, Doug Richardson & Tom Woodhull" in: C. P. Otero (ed.), Language and Politics, Black Rose, 1988, pp. 166-196, January, 1974.
One can buy anything if there is a seller. If we want to buy something, we have to find the seller.
ليس كل شيء يمكن شراءه بالمال فهناك اشياء اموال الدنيا لاتساويها
"Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace." ~Charles Sumner http://www.quotegarden.com/war.html?fbclid=IwAR3CveGySoORQ1I9Lxb6wVFIJYSw-CRSDCARjJMHu0GrXp3_bmF2dLwQVsg
Dariusz Prokopowicz theoretically, yes. but in some situations, you can say even money can not make it. Money still money, people tend to collect money, but when they have it, they spend it to back their health, easy equation.
Human values cannot be bought for money. Moreover, it is money that becomes the cause of contention between friends, colleagues, lovers. At the same time, marriages of convenience are considered the strongest. Indeed, the question is quite controversial ...
If we remember back to that old saying that money can't buy love then you know that money cannot buy everything. You might be able to buy fake love but you cannot trust it to stay like real love.
Dear Colleagues and Friends from RG, Thank you very much for participating in the discussion, for your answers, valuable suggestions, theses, etc. Thank you for the new insights given to the above issues regarding the answer to the question: Can everything be bought for money?
In the context of the growing pandemic of the Coronavirus Covid-19, the above question takes on a new meaning. Many people say, for example, health in answering this question. Yes, in the context of the development of the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic, people are aware of the importance of health, living in harmony with nature, leading a proper healthy lifestyle, etc.
What do you think about this topic?
I am asking for an answer and invite you to a discussion.
Thank you very much.
Best wishes.
Dariusz Prokopowicz
I agree with you, Dariusz, a pandemic will contribute to the revaluation of values, with a special emphasis on health
“Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.” - Ayn Rand
We cannot buy love and happiness with money, because these things are spiritual things and not material things, so money does not make happiness and love, money does not buy everything and therefore it is a means and not an objective,love can bay hearts
You can buy things that can help with life and but you can not buy everything. You can buy things that can get you closer to the one you love but you can not actually buy their love.
Money can't buy immeasurable, unconditional and incomparable love of our parents.
“No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.” W.Blake https://upjourney.com/william-blake-quotes?fbclid=IwAR0g1F_HjFqIbgy3i9XEi8yoroQUkBusG_XKMdH7bwA0PIl4W-YJJ09hU1s
The best things in life either take hard work or are free. If you could buy everything would it really be worth it?
“Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.” - Benjamin Franklin
In the current situation, all the impossible has changed in some way, but I believe that a believing person could never exchange his/her conscience, dignity and transcendent soul to any kind of dirty money.
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