The etymological origin of greed is found in cupidĭtas, a Latin word. Word that derives in turn from "cupidus", which can be translated as "ambitious", and the verb "cupire", which is synonymous with "wish very lively."
Greed is the excessive and exalted ambition from money , goods or other wealth. For example: “The greed of the big businessmen has caused the destruction of the environment”, "Francisco always acts out of greed", “You must take care of people with such greed”.
Greed is a vice that leads someone to want to hoard more than you need . This desire to accumulate wealth translates into various actions that are contrary to the precepts of morality and ethical behavior, since they can have negative consequences for other people or even for society in general.
Suppose a businessman installs a chemical factory next to a river. Entrepreneurship allows you to access millions of earnings, but several studies show that it contaminates the environment . Regardless of whether your company is destroying the planet and the quality of life of people, you decide to continue with the activity and give bribes to the authorities so that they do not close the plant. The businessman in question does not care that he has already accumulated a large amount of money and that he does not need this project to survive: his greed causes him to continue harming others in order to continue enriching himself.
It is established that greedy people identify themselves because they are self-centered, because they always have an envious attitude as well as the fact that they have an absolute lack of empathy. In the same way, we cannot ignore that they never feel satisfied with what they have, that they need to meet their needs immediately or that they turn out to be manipulative.
In addition to what is indicated, it must be established that greedy people do not have limits when it comes to seeking what is the satisfaction of their needs.
Out of greed, an individual can commit various crimes : from scams to robberies and even murders, if the action allows you to obtain benefits. Without reaching that extreme, a person can neglect their loved ones or act selfishly for greed.
Within the literary field, we can emphasize that the term greed has been used to give title to different works. A good example of this is the novel "Greed", published in 2012 and written by the author Alberto Vázquez Figueroa.
It tells the story of Humberto Alejandro Espinosa of Mendoza Spencer-Wallis, a wealthy aristocrat from Madrid, who is dedicated to living life and enjoying his singleness. One day he receives a visit that will alter his existence: he has been chosen to dismantle an important financial group that has specialized in money laundering. For that he must infiltrate a dangerous world, where corruption and violence are the general tonic, and he will do so with the help of a wealthy Ecuadorian.
