《圣经》中“失乐园”的故事和中国先贤孟子的教诲都说明了人之为恶并非本性使然，而是外在的诱惑使人迷失了自己的良知。那么，外在诱惑如此之多，为什么偏偏是钱成为了万恶之源呢？

第一，钱具有与任何商品进行等价交换的现实合法性。一方面，钱既是财富的象征，又是一般等价物。它具有无限的效力，因此能煽起人的无穷贪欲。但是另一方面，每个人对于金

钱的占有又都是有限的，无限的欲望根本不可能得到满足。正是金钱这种效用无限性和占有有限性之间的矛盾，使它比其他任何物品都更能激起人心中的非分之想，从而使人迷失良知，堕人邪恶。

第二，钱不仅可以在商品领域呼风唤雨，而且可以使非商品也商品化。它不仅是物质财富的象征，而且成为了精神价值的筹码。权力、地位可以用钱购买，贞洁、名誉可以公开出售，人性、尊严被待价而沽，甚至天理、良心也染上了铜臭之气。莎士比亚早就揭露道：金钱可以使黑的变成白的，丑的变成美的，错的变成对的，卑贱的变成尊贵的。正因为金钱具有如此混淆是非，颠倒乾坤的无边法力，它才成为了滋生种类繁复，数量极多的罪恶肆意蔓延的深刻根源。

第三，人对钱的崇拜还异化了人与钱之间的关系。钱本应是促进社会经济发展的一种工具，但在现实中，却被人们当作了顶礼膜拜的上帝。因为钱，人们迷失于这光怪陆离的物欲世界；因为钱，人们丧失了内在良知却还浑然不觉；还是因为钱，人生价值和人性尊严都被当作了牺牲品（时间警示）供奉到了拜金主义的祭坛之上。（人创造了金钱，却又对自己的创造物顶礼膜拜。当钱从手段上上升为目的的时候，人却从主人沦落为了奴隶。诚然，是有人能在金钱面前保持清醒，但是这是因为他们主观上有道德良知的呼唤，客观上又受到社会规范的约束。正如我们不能因为有人对病毒免疫，就否认病毒是病的根源一样，我们也不能因为有人能在灯红酒绿面前洁身自好，就否认钱是万恶之源。）钱作为工具，的确可以促进社会经济的发展，但问题就在于现实中，它已经被人们当作了目的本身在看待。但是，当崇尚自由的人类精神已经被缚上了黄金锁链的时候，他还能自由飞翔吗？谢谢。

 

第二篇：英语演讲稿 金钱

英语演讲稿 金钱是否重要

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, it’s my great honor to be here to share my opinions about money.

needless to say, money plays an important in our daily life

if there is no money,it’s impossible for us to survive in the world. most of us have dreams about the future, dreams of having a good job and making much money. surely someone has thought at times “if only i had a lot of money, i could be the happiest person in the world.” in fact it’s the main mistake that people make about money.

however, is money the road to happiness? not really! many people work every day, work overtime, work weekends to make a lot of money. are they happy? no. they are too busy making money. meanwhile, their personal lives, if they have any, fall apart. they have no time to form or to maintain friendship. they even lose the abilities to relax and to enjoy themselves. enjoying means taking things, taking time to see, to hear, to taste, to smell, to feel. they do not take time to do this. they say: “i’ll do it when i have enough money to retire” then they find that it is too late. why we usually make such a mistake and even more mistakes?

activists say it is because of money itself. they think money has changed

many things. for example, they think money has changed our way to measure someone’s value in the society. they even regard money as the source of evil. also, they hate money, but they are wrong, completely wrong.

in my opinion, it is unfair to money. money is a tool. well, there’s no denying that we do something harmful with money. but we can’t say money is the source of evil. just like a hammer, we can use a hammer to kill someone, but can we say a hammer is a devil? it is the same with money.

money is neither good nor bad itself. it is a mirror, a perfect and important mirror, and a mirror that reflects both the darkness and the brilliance of humanity. in other words, all depend on us.

so, my fellow students, ladies and gentlemen in the future, ask not what we can do for money, ask what money can do for us, ask what money can do to show the brilliance of humanity. because, we have the future; we are the future.