Would you define someone who gave away until they only had 100million remaining as more or less generous than someone who gave away until they only had 25k remaining?
How about if the person with 50k gave away 25k, but the billionaire gave away double that? Who is more generousness in that case?
It seems fairly plain to me that utility of what was given away is by far the most important factor in determining generosity.
I see your point, but I simply disagree. The utility to the person is much different, but after that, money is money and 900m provides much more utility to starving kids, etc than 25k does, no matter how you slice it.
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Would you define someone who gave away until they only had 100million remaining as more or less generous than someone who gave away until they only had 25k remaining?
How about if the person with 50k gave away 25k, but the billionaire gave away double that? Who is more generousness in that case?
It seems fairly plain to me that utility of what was given away is by far the most important factor in determining generosity.
I see your point, but I simply disagree. The utility to the person is much different, but after that, money is money and 900m provides much more utility to starving kids, etc than 25k does, no matter how you slice it.