Power over others is the cause of unhappiness in the world.

I have no new "evidence" for this round, only my rebuttal to your rebuttal, and some closing thoughts. "Well I'd argue that the first man,or group, that stumbled upon a good idea for a weapon,(as I have a hunch they would have stumbled upon it), wasn't thinking about how much unhappiness they could thrust upon the world. More likely about how happy their own clan would be,enjoying more food,more often,consumed in a safer enviroment,than they had before" When people see others who have done terrible, terrible things, like kill hundreds of people, getting punished, they wish unhappiness upon him, some people hope that this person will be locked away for life, and some even wish the death sentence upon them. When hunter gathers saw pray, they most likely though, I hope I can kill you so I can eat and not starve to death. Are you saying there is no unhappiness involved with someone wishing death upon something or someone else? "As you say,it's all about survival,so if survivals the measure,it means if one creature suffers, for a short time,to feed twenty other creatures,that has to be better than twenty starving to death,for the sake of one. If power wasn't utilized by the twenty, they would starve." Let's say there are 21 people on an island about to die of starvation, and they have come to the conclusion that in order to live, one of them must be killed for the survival of the rest of the group. When the one that will be sacrificed is about to die, he is not happy that he will be saving lives, he is unhappy that he is about to die. Even though all but one are "happier" that they can live another day, the one on was still unhappy, so there was a presents of unhappiness. Let's also say they were all really good friends, would he be happy with the decision that 19 of your friends would kill a good friend to survive? Yes, it is true that people kill cows every day for food, but have you ever seen what the cows have to go through to feed you for a day? Many people, after seeing how the cows are treated, become vegetarians, or start participating in animal rights. "Why do people go to work? Simple,earn money to eat,pay rent/mortgage,run and maintain automobiles,etc,etc.Not to mention the social aspect,paticuarly for older types.At the end of the day, moneys a means to an end,and only worth the opportunities it can buy. Moneys a good tool,mans response to it's the problem." Most people pay for all these things because they cannot be stolen. If you steel food, you can get caught and have to pay fines or face charges. Most people do not have the power to steal, so therefore do not. "You said it,money can be used for good and bad and,as you say,the "People choose". Money's brainless,what harm can it do." If there was a pile of money, that was big enough to get you through the rest of life, and twenty people with loaded weapons in a room, and all they had to do to keep it was to walk out with it, what do you think would happen (Only one person could walk out with it)? This wouldn't necessarily mean that 19 people would die over money, but it is a possibility, no one would be pointing a gun at them if they tried to leave without any money. Assuming it was a large enough amount of money, most people would not walk away from an opportunity like that empty handed. "People steal for many reasons,certainly not just lack of money. I think the recent events in england,at least in part,were a perfect example of the "opportunistic"thief,did it because they could sort of deal." The people in England stole because they had the opportunity, at the time, the law enforcement did not have power over them. When Adam and Eve lived in the garden, they had to play by God's rules, just like if you live in an apartment for have to follow the contract between you and the landlord. When Adam and Eve where not living in the garden it was like they had their own house on their own land, therefore the controlled the rules. (I'm trying to keep this as non-religious as possible) Because we DO have free will, we sin, therefore we have power, and it is used for harm (to bring unhappiness weather it is intentional or not), so because we all sin we all at one point used power to bring unhappiness, therefore, we do not have power over how we use power.