I was always challneged by the very paradox of philantropy of the rich; not sure if becoming rich and ambitious would be a pure act of selfishness and against all values or virtues we grew up with on one side of the world; so I had this sense of guilty feeling that by working hard and striving to become wealthy would be questioning my personal beliefs and human values....Until I heard about Adam Smith's famous book; The Wealth of the Nation and his Invisible Hands Doctorine...


"Every individual necessarily labours to render the annual revenue of the society as great as he can. He generally neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it ... He intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention. Nor is it always the worse for society that it was no part of his intention. By pursuing his own interest he frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it. I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good."


So there I found my answer...in my econ class and so I was set free :)