# Wanting the Worst

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## Metadata
- Author: [[Peter W. Wood]]
- Full Title: Wanting the Worst
- Category: #articles
- URL: https://lawliberty.org/classic/wanting-the-worst-helmut-schoeck-envy/

## Highlights
- Envy, says Schoeck, is something we all feel but hardly ever talk about. Other negative emotions are granted a degree of public respect. We can admit to hatred, fear, and even jealousy, but envy is a quality we attribute only to others, whose envy is to be feared.