The Necessity of Sacrifice, part 2

So yesterday I gave two plausible (hopefully, or perhaps at least one) examples of when a person makes a sacrifice within their own life to increase wellbeing later on. This leads into how to increase the peak wellbeing within a world: it requires sacrifice on the part of those with lower wellbeing.

Now, hopefully yesterday I showed that most people are certainly willing to sacrifice within their own lives to make their life better. The thing that people would balk at, then, is making sacrifices in their life in order to increase the wellbeing of someone else. However, it only seems to happen when it's some stranger or someone who they think is already better off. Parents, at least most, sacrifice constantly for their children in the hopes that their children will have better lives than they (the parents) had. Also, many people willingly sacrifice in order to give to those less fortunate than they (e.g., donations to charities, volunteering at soup kitchens, etc.). But if the receiver of such a sacrifice is already better off, then there seems to be a reticence. This is, however, the only way to increase peak value. And I believe that if people truly are willing to sacrifice, then giving up such a thing as money may actually increase the person's own wellbeing by increasing their happiness or some other factor of wellbeing to a higher degree than the loss due to giving up money.

Admittedly, it does seem passing strange to say that people should not be reticent. Even sitting here now, attempting to defend my theory, I'm having trouble saying, "No, give money to the rich and powerful!" and such things like that. I may come back to this idea when I've thought it through a little more.