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.