What does it mean to act ethically when you live in an unjust, and dare I say, immoral society? Is it even possible to live the “good life” that philosophers tout when being successful comes at the expense of others? When you dream about being wealthy, or wealthier than you are now, do you ever consider the harm that others will bear for you to have so much? These are difficult questions, and I don’t have easy answers, but I’d like to work through them together by seriously considering what it means to act ethically and live a good life in a capitalist society like the United States. This course may not be for the faint of heart as we will question a central tenet of American society, that wealth is good. We will consider how organizing society around wealth affects us, from those who possess the wealth to those from whom it is extracted. In the end, I’d like for us to grapple with another important question: what do we owe to each other?