The only reason people work hard is to earn more money. There are no other reasons to do it. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Currently, people are debating on whether the only incentive
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individuals to work industriously is to be wealthy. In my view,
although
economic concern is a strong motivation, there are
also
other incentives,
such
as the willingness to repay and maintain the
society
which contributes to
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success. Before exploring the non-economic motivations, it is necessary to examine first the idea that working is for
money
.
This
standpoint is considerably common in a
capitalism
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society
, where most things are attached
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a price and
hence
wealthy people can satisfy any desires as long as they have enough fortunes.
This
reality in turn stimulates them to facinately admire the power of
money
and confines the aim of working to earn more. Of course, the supporters of
this
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can defend it with the saying that the desire to earn
money
objectively
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the prosperity of our
society
, which,
however
, cannot conceal the selfish nature of
such
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blindly
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pursure
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pursuit
of
money
. As a comparison, the opinion of Rawl, an ethical philosopher, seems to be more reasonable, and noble. He did not
contrieve
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contrived
to repress economic motivation
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but only reminded us of one commonly neglected fact that our success is not only a result of our own efforts, but
also
a production of our
society
,and
therefore
we owe our
society
something. For illustration, Elon Musk's Tesla, an e-car company, is under
vigrous
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vigorous
development, which, in Rawl's eyes, ought not to be totally attributed to Musk's own efforts, as it would be impossible without a
society
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to shift toward
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.
Therefore
, when
Musk's
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is accumulating astonishing fortunes, he should bear in mind that he is
also
creating
money
for our
society
. In summary, I can understand the viewpoint that the only aim of working is earning
money
for oneself.
However
, I cannot totally agree with that since we do not live in isolation, but in a
society
, where every achievement, as Rawl said, is a definite symbol of social collaboration, and
hence
we should
also
work for the
society
which underlies our success.
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