Health, Wealth, Capitalism

Since an organism is in constant interaction with its environment, the distinction between 'inner' and 'outer' is analytical, not ontological, e. g. from a Biological perspective, lungs and oxygen are moments in the process of Respiration, from which they are subsequently abstracted for analytical purposes.  Likewise, the distinction of 'inner' from 'outer' goods is not ontological, and just as the value of oxygen is a function of its contribution to Health, so, too, is that of Wealth, i. e. of external possessions.  Now, Smith's earlier Moral writings suggest that he conceives of his later study of Wealth as being framed by some more comprehensive set of goods, perhaps Sympathy, a priority of which today's Capitalists are oblivious.  As a result, the society which the latter promote is diseased in two respects--with respect to the health of an individual member, in whom the pursuit of Wealth as the Highest Good is conditioned; and to the health of the collective, which, absent a binding factor such as Sympathy, is internally incoherent, if not antagonistic.