Greed: Intense and selfish desire for something, esp. wealth, power, or food
Selfishness : stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others.

E.x.
1. One can live with minimum wealth, power, and clothing.
2. One can also live selflessly by not having concern of oneself.

Those are the extremes.

Since this is an ambiguous issue, the real answer to it is not as simple as 0 and 1. We need to handle the concept of partial truth, where the truth value may range between completely true and completely false.

Back to the question, how does one achieve the sweet spot of greed and selfishness in order to achieve a fulfilling life? Is it wise for someone to label others as selfish or greed when most people may have different measures for selfishness and greediness?

tags: philosophy, sociology