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[callistahogan]

I am stuck on my materialism essay.

And it's due TOMORROW.

This is all I have. Nothing else at all.

It's all around us, lurking around corners of stores all over the country. We see it in television shows across a wide range of channels, and even in our own homes, infecting us with an intense desire to buy in order to find fulfillment. This phenomenon is simply the latest manifestation of a rather strange philosophy: materialism. Most Americans don't see it, but the truth is simple. If materialism continues to grow in today's culture, so too will greed, commercialization, and indifference toward the plights of those around them.

In its most basic form, perhaps materialism is not dangerous. Materialism, to put it as simply as possible, is the theory or attitude that physical well-being and worldly possessions constitute the greatest good and highest value in life. Objectively speaking, it is possible to uphold this view of the world and still retain a sense of emotional connection to something outside one's physical well-being and worldly possessions.

Help?

Comments

[wheatear.livejournal.com]

If materialism continues to grow in today's culture, so too will greed, commercialization, and indifference toward the plights of those around them.

You could try justifying this statement? You probably should explain how the one leads to the other.

I'm also wondering if materialism is a selfish doctrine? Does it only mean getting stuff for yourself, or is it aimed at increasing the well-being and wealth of everyone?

[maribou]

when I was stuck on essays I would think about the very basic-est of argumentative essay forms:
introduction
argument
argument
argument
(argument - if I had another one I really liked)
conclusion.

and then I would sketch out each argument, and then I would write a paragraph (or two) for each argument, and then I would write my conclusion, and
ONLY THEN
would I write the introduction.