Individual greed and selfishness has been the basis of the modern society. Someone think that we must return to the olds， more traditional values of respect for the famnd the local community in order to create a better world to live in. To what extent do you agree or disagree?We arelfish world today. We are so busy looking out for number one， so saturated byn problems， our own issu own little and ofteoncerns that we failed to see how all could grow and being benefited by working together as a team. As far as I am concerned， the reason of the individual greed and selfishness were actually caused by the faster development and more and more competition of the society.
Some people yearn to return to the old and traditional values of respect for the family and the local community in order to create a better world to live in. According to them ，e were more honest and warm-hearted and the manner of traditional treating each other was simple and selfless in the past.
Personally， I do not support this view . Even in the past， greed and selfishness existed in our society. These two factors never disappeared since human have instinctive materiividual wants and desires would swell surely with the advances of life and socieeovtion has its own limit and c adapt for a certain period. I believe that the key point here is to create a better world is the way of formulating moral criteria and improving the spiritual education. For example， religions play a significant role in respect for the family and the community.
To sum up， selfishness and greed cannot be avoided and eliminated， because they exist， more or less， in everyone’s heart， even sometimes they to the prosperity. To control them depends on the well basic education from every part of our society， such as family， communities， academic institutions， etc.