the extra benefits flow to you, and that is generally not seen as a moral plus
This is correct, but I’m not sure that it should be: there’s no intrinsic reason for why your well-being wouldn’t be just as important morally as everyone else’s. Empirically, people thinking that their own well-being doesn’t matter and only other people’s well-being does, seems to be a big factor in do-gooders burning out.
Yes, that’s true. But I’ve been kind of treating value-to-yourself as fungible. If it isn’t, and if the marginal utility gain for you is tiny, then trade is less interesting.
This is correct, but I’m not sure that it should be: there’s no intrinsic reason for why your well-being wouldn’t be just as important morally as everyone else’s. Empirically, people thinking that their own well-being doesn’t matter and only other people’s well-being does, seems to be a big factor in do-gooders burning out.
Yes, that’s true. But I’ve been kind of treating value-to-yourself as fungible. If it isn’t, and if the marginal utility gain for you is tiny, then trade is less interesting.