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So you see warm fuzzies, status boost, and societal good as subtypes of the utilon output of altruistic activities? Interesting.
It's more about what you use the word "utilon" for; I see "utilon" as the measure of whatever consequences I value, but EY is using it here to refer to utility without weighting for proximity to the speaker, which I call "big picture utility" above.