I dont enter into any agreement unless I feel I benefit. Neither does anyone else. This is fact. My agreement with my employer is a good example. I think i get a good deal by getting money and he feels like his business was improved by more than the money he gives me. If not, no one in this country would go to work because no one would hire anyone. Am I greedy? I dont think so but some could paint it that way. Do you think that the president or people who govern us are so virtuous to be above greed? It would be nice, but all presidents appoint their friends and people who supported them to their cabinets as reward. Hmmm.. It would be nice to think that the people who interact with us daily are saints but evey single person runs on greed every day. Greed is why this country is here at all after 200 years. The ability to pursue greed legally and moraly (or not at all) is the right given to us as Americans.

That said, I know I am motivated by conserving the enviroment and the animals around me, so I choose to give money I earned by being greedy to charities that support these same ideals. I also agree (vote) to pay more money in taxes for programs that help out the enviroment and I vote people into office that use the money they collected due to others acting greedily (taxes) in a way that helps out. I dont buy products from companies that choose to ignore the enviroment either. Its not hard to understand and I like to think of it as the grey decisions (should I buy the eco friendly cleaner even if it costs much more?) that makes us human enough to save whats left of our salmon. Yes, they were decimated by greedy canneries years ago, but the companies and leaders in charge also had very little education about the resource they were all profiting from. Public education and eco motivation may be a way to save salmon imo. very tough subject and I wont pretend to understand it all, I just read a lot in my free time.