I don't think the person you're replying to said that. If I had to characterize it: giving money to charitable causes that benefit you indicates a heternomous

I don't think the person you're replying to said that. If I had to characterize it: giving money to charitable causes that benefit you indicates a heternomous will, which in turn voids the act of any moral value. It might be beneficial to society for Brin to plow his money into Parkinson's research, but he gets no particular praise (or fault) for doing a thing that benefits him.