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Comment author: Jiro 12 May 2015 07:05:52PM *  1 point [-]

So in your original example, both the rich man aware of misery and the rich man ignorant of it have no moral obligation?

If that's what you mean, I would describe the old system as "punishing knowledge" rather than "rewarding ignorance" since the baseline under your new system is like lack of knowledge under the old system.

I also suspect not many people would agree with this system.

Comment author: OrphanWilde 12 May 2015 07:12:27PM 0 points [-]

So in your original example, both the rich man aware of misery and the rich man ignorant of it have no moral obligation?

  • Correct.

If that's what you mean, I would describe the old system as "punishing knowledge" rather than "rewarding ignorance" since the baseline under your new system is like lack of knowledge under the old system.

  • That's what I attempted to describe it as; my apologies if I wasn't clear.

I also suspect not many people would agree with this system.

  • We are in agreement here.
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