After all, as Geffen presumably knew, the family of Avery Fisher had to be compensated with a payment of $15 million in order to agree to the renaming. In any case, in a world with a billion people living in extreme poverty, it would not be difficult for an altruist to appreciate that there are many ways of doing more good than renovating a concert hall for well-off music lovers.
这份礼物似乎更多是受名誉而非行善驱动。毕竟，格芬事先就已知道，让艾弗里·费雪家族同意改名需要给他们1,500万美元补偿。无论如何，在这个十亿人生活在极端贫困中的世界，一个利他主义者多半会认为，有许多事情比整修为音乐爱好者服务的演出厅更加慈善。