Then there’s that more radical response that some established men and women have given. With twenty or thirty good working years still ahead of them, they’ve stepped away from the enterprises that first brought them money and power.

Are you and I called to take such a radical step? Should we stop making money today, and devote the rest of our lives to using what we have now to support good causes?

Most of us have families or others who depend on us — even if they’re only employees and stockholders who expect us to sustain the business from which they derive their salaries or income. Would it be morally permissible for us to walk away from them in order to serve others?

Might it even be wrong for us to cease creating wealth now that could later be used to serve others? Do you know the answer?