human indifference to other persons is often explained and implicitly excused by pointing out that those who are indifferent are absorbed by their material wealth. But it is a deconstruction of the very nature of material wealth to permit, let alone excuse, this inattention. We sustain this deconstruction by simultaneously surrounding ourselves with material objects in everyday life while philosophically divesting ourselves of them, verbally dismissing and discrediting the importance of the material realm. This act of philosophic divestiture does not work to diminish or even regulate our own desire for objects but only works to permit us to be free of worrying about the objectlessness of other persons. If we cling to objects, we should trust our own clinging impulse; and once we trust that impulse we will acknowledge that such objects are precious; and once we confess that they are precious we will begin to articulate why they are precious; and once we articulate why they are precious, it will be self-evident why our desire for them must be regulated and why their benefits must be equitably distributed throughout the world. It is by crediting them that we will reach the insight that we only pretend to reach when we discredit them.