sn1perb0y;373210 wroteI think trying to become a better person is a good think, and comparing yourself to others is what drives people to achieve good things. Not saying that people should be good so that you can be good, but looking at other people is sometimes helpful if its done in the right way. The scenarios are made up and i agree that self-satisfaction is very important.
I'm not taking a philosophy course but maybe a good idea for the future :D
I think this is your problem.
Is someone with a lower IQ, and therefore lower earning potential a "less good" person than someone who has a high IQ and high paying job, who can therefore give plenty of money? Is someone in a wheelchair and needs assistance for many of life's commonalities a drain on those that tend to them, and therefore a bad person? Is someone who is completely average, but does nothing but things for their own selves a bad person? What if their own interests are their family and friends?
I don't think comparing people to one another is an ideal way to determine or track one's "goodness". The best motivator is intrinsic - it has to come from you. If your internal goal is to be pretty, then you will be more likely to be pretty through being healthy and caring about your exterior looks. If your intrinsic values trend towards gathering wealth, then you will be more likely to gather wealth. If your self-goal is to at the end of the day be able to say you're happy with yourself because you helped others, well you'll do that too.
Now as to which if any of these is better or worse than the others, that's up to one's values. Someone I think is a good person is not someone you would consider necessarily good. I may respect the hell out of PK Subban for his skill, but many people piss and moan about his attitude. I may give respect to people who are earnest, caring people that others may consider deficient because they aren't overly intelligent. Hell, Eva Braun loved Hitler, and to her he was a hero.
"Good" and "Bad" people are constructs of your own value system. Your value system is your own, but it is / has been influenced by your upbringing and the people who helped raise you. One of the most frustrating things I see in and out of people is an astounding lack of unbiased introspection. It's a scary idea to look at oneself and really question your comfy idea of what is and is not right, and often much easier to default to the catchphrases and quips of others.
Poker is a stunningly powerful mirror for this... people play for years and get no better. Myself, I haven't improved much, and I can say it's honestly because I haven't the interest in being more than an average player. But I hear people lie to themselves over and over by saying they want to improve their game, and just write off losses as bad luck. So the CPF / philosophy crossover isn't a surprising one.
In the end, this scenario means nothing, unless your value system is high on money. But that's like asking who's a better athlete, Usain Bolt or
Hakuhō (link provided, but essentially the record holder for most Sumo contest wins in a year).
Mark