On Greediness

Greediness closely relates to selfishness. I'm not a saint myself, but let me give you a situation I had to observe several times.

Imagine you found an abandoned peach tree full of ripe (big, sweet, juicy, etc.) peaches. How many peaches would you take?

I would take some 5 for me and for my friends and leave the rest for the others. A greedy person would come with a trolley and take as much as he can. A more greedy might even cut the tree to get the ones from the top.

Now, a more difficult situation. Imagine you found a pile of diamonds. How many would you take?