Material Possession Against Moral Qualities (IELTS writing task 2) In the history of mankind, the goodness of human behaviour has been judged differently depending on many factors, which include religion, race, form of government and culture. Nowadays, modern civilizations tend to assess the value of a citizen by only taking into account their ownerships and social status. We live in a period where appearing is much more important than being, and where a kind action is neglected in front of a good income. In my opinion, the main reason causing this shift in values must be found in the limitation of our privacy. The increasingly available biographic data is spread across the internet and reachable also by unknown people through social media. This makes us fell stressed and concerned about the material possessions to exhibit, because it is the only parameter for being judged by the public opinion. Moral values appear to be no longer valuable if no one gives credit to them. Differently, for low – salary people material possession and economic wealth would represent the direct solution to bring happiness and serenity in their lives. I strongly support the re-finding of the most genuine human moral qualities. The rewarding received by a kind action is surely more valuable than a fictitious ‘like’ received on a social media. However, I am not completely against the material possessions and the social status in general, that may constitute a personal value. I would like to consider them as a plus-value that might help us live better, but those must not replace the actual qualities of a person, measured on how they relate to others. In conclusion, I wish that most of materialistic people would reason about this topic and change perspective about their owns. People don't have to discard them, but reevaulate their importance compared to human qualities.