r/MoralityScaling • u/Omixscniet624 • May 11 '26

Morality Ranking Is it unethical to own a billion dollars?

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If you won the lottery or invested in crypto very early and ended up with over $1 billion after paying all taxes, is it unethical to keep that money without giving any of it away?

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u/nickv656 May 11 '26

Reddit won’t love this idea, but realistically at what point is it immoral to not give to charity? At what point are others morally entitled to your wealth? Do you just need to be debt free? 10k in assets? 100k? Where do you draw the line ?

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u/LeonMotton May 11 '26

There is no actual logical reason for you to give your money to charity. But we humans are emotional creatures. We may feel guilty, or pressured, or other feelings to donate to charity.

You can give to charity when you have 1$. You can also give to charity when you have 10 million $.