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How generous are you? (Part I)

How much do you allocate to the other person?


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You are given a large sum of money (more than a million dollars) and are asked to split it between yourself and another person you don't know. You are sitting at a table with this person when the decision is made. Let's say that this other person is from the same country you are, but you don't know anything else about them.

You can take what you want and give them the remainder. You can even decide to give them nothing. The other person has no input into your decision.

How much money do you allocate to the other person?

EDIT: If you know what this experiment is, please don't ruin it for others.
 
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Not much to go on here. I'd want to know who the other person is. Or at least some of who they are.
But your scenario is kind of confusing. First part says we have to split it. Second part says we get to choose whether to split it at all?
 
I wouldn't trust them to manage it wisely. I would keep it all, but use every cent of it for the benefit of my fellow man.

In principle, the final option.
 
Knowing nothing about them and having little faith in the majority of mankind to use money wisely (look at a good percentage of lotto winners) I would keep it for myself knowing I would likely use it more wisely.
 
You are given a large sum of money (more than a million dollars) and are asked to split it between yourself and another person you don't know. You are sitting at a table with this person when the decision is made. Let's say that this other person is from the same country you are, but you don't know anything else about them.

You can take what you want and give them the remainder. You can even decide to give them nothing. The other person has no input into your decision.

How much money do you allocate to the other person?

EDIT: If you know what this experiment is, please don't ruin it for others.

I voted 50%, because all I need is enough to keep me comfortable for the rest of my life, and I'm not that greedy.
 
Going with the poll itself and the choices..I would probably keep it all. I do not want to donate funds and not know where it is going.
 
I'm gonna go for the obvious 50 answer, since I trust neither of us to spend it in a wise or productive manner.
 
Given the above conditions I chose 10%

Enough to change the persons life for the better (usually, if it was Mitt Romney $100 000 would be meaningless) and enough for me to set myself and my family up very well
 
I voted 50% because all I would want is enough to keep me and my loved ones comfortable and able to donate some more to causes of my choosing. If I knew who set up this scenario I might be willing to give more. I strive to not envy what others have because it causes pain, so I am happy with what I have.
 
I voted 50% because I was told that the money was ours and it was my responsibility to portion it.
 
Where did the money come from? That would effect my answer.
 
If I didn't know where the money was coming from in the first place(the op doesn't say) I probably wouldn't take part.

I assume the money is to be given by a stranger and I am being asked to split with another stranger, seems like highly suspicious activity to me.

If I knew the person who was giving the money away very well and could trust them not to lead me astray, then 50% it would be.
 
You are given a large sum of money (more than a million dollars) and are asked to split it between yourself and another person you don't know. You are sitting at a table with this person when the decision is made. Let's say that this other person is from the same country you are, but you don't know anything else about them.

You can take what you want and give them the remainder. You can even decide to give them nothing. The other person has no input into your decision.

How much money do you allocate to the other person?

EDIT: If you know what this experiment is, please don't ruin it for others.

I would split it 50/50.I did nothing on my part to earn the money so it is free money,I can live comfortably and help my family out with half a million dollars just much as I could with over a million dollars. Plus I would hope that if the roles were reversed the other person would do the same thing.
 
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I'd make Ebenezer Scrooge look to be a spendthrift.
Having money, even found money is quite the responsibility.
Quiet possibily that the man at the table across from me knows how to handle to money better than I - an unknown of course.
And a million is not that much anymore.
 
Charity begins at home. I have lots of family, so there are many potential recipients for found money. I would be willing to give up 10% for no particular reason. That way another person gets some found money and shares the pleasure, possibly.
 
50 percent. however, i do not yet have a wife and children. while i like to think i would still make the same decision in that case, i can't predict that definitively.
 
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I'd make Ebenezer Scrooge look to be a spendthrift.
Having money, even found money is quite the responsibility.
Quiet possibily that the man at the table across from me knows how to handle to money better than I - an unknown of course.
And a million is not that much anymore.
A million dollars is still a lot of money to a lot of people in this country.
 
**** them, I'm taking it all.
 
You are given a large sum of money (more than a million dollars) and are asked to split it between yourself and another person you don't know. You are sitting at a table with this person when the decision is made. Let's say that this other person is from the same country you are, but you don't know anything else about them.

You can take what you want and give them the remainder. You can even decide to give them nothing. The other person has no input into your decision.

How much money do you allocate to the other person?

EDIT: If you know what this experiment is, please don't ruin it for others.

**** em i'm taking it all
 
A million dollars is still a lot of money to a lot of people in this country.

Right now, $100,000 is a lot of money to a lot of people in this country.
 
Right now, $100,000 is a lot of money to a lot of people in this country.


You can buy a decent house and car in many parts of the country with $100,000.
 
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