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.
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.
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.
Correct.
That’s what I attempted to describe it as; my apologies if I wasn’t clear.
We are in agreement here.