Still no new license -- but draft text available

Jeffrey B. Siegal jbs at quiotix.com
Fri Aug 18 00:37:12 EDT 2000


Pat McCann wrote:
> > Someone who gives $1 million to a drug addict to buy drugs is technically more
> > generous than someone who gives $100,000 to a valuable charity which makes a
> > real difference in the world, but the one giving $100,000 has clearly done more
> > for, and been more generous to, society as a whole.
> 
> Generosity is measured at the giving end, not the receiving end.

Which is entirely consistent with what I said above.

Note, of course, that this is irrelevant as a measure of social good except to
the (small) extent that the character of the individual giver itself contributes
in some small way.

Altruism is probably a better concept to consider than generosity.



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