What is the vertical axis for “sins of envy, greed and avarice”?

Menninger took care to point out that “sins of envy” are also “sins of self-aggrandizement”.  A loss of conscience accompanies self-aggrandizement.  A loss of conscience also goes with a single-minded lust for possessions, a pre-occupation with possessions, not being able to say “enough”, and a fascination with status and the excitement of “getting away with it”.

In short, greed, envy and avarice are not about “fairness”.

The think^group that puts “sins of envy, greed and avarice” into context is the opposite of “the divine consolations of the simple life”.  Perhaps, we should call this think^group the “the ungodly consolations of the anything-but-simple life” – or – maybe we can call it “the idolatry of money”.