PrepTest 49, Section 2, Question 10
Megan: People pursue wealth beyond what their basic needs require only if they see it as a way of achieving high status or prestige.
Megan: People pursue wealth beyond what their basic needs require only if they see it as a way of achieving high status or prestige.
Channen: Not everybody thinks that way. After all, money is the universal medium of exchange. So, if you have enough of it, you can exchange it for whatever other material goods you may need or want even if you are indifferent to what others think of you.
Megan: People pursue wealth beyond what their basic needs require only if they see it as a way of achieving high status or prestige.
Channen: Not everybody thinks that way. After all, money is the universal medium of exchange. So, if you have enough of it, you can exchange it for whatever other material goods you may need or want even if you are indifferent to what others think of you.
Megan: People pursue wealth beyond what their basic needs require only if they see it as a way of achieving high status or prestige.
Megan and Channen disagree over whether
people ever pursue wealth beyond what is required for their basic needs
it is irrational to try to achieve high status or prestige in the eyes of one's society
the pursuit of monetary wealth is irrational only when it has no further purpose
it is rational to maximize one's ability to purchase whatever one wants only when the motive for doing so is something other than the desire for prestige
the motive for pursuing wealth beyond what one's basic needs require is ever anything other than the desire for prestige or high status
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