Counterpoint: U.S. morally obligated to humanity
Before we can discuss whether we should give aid to those under a dictatorship, we must examine why we give aid in the first place. We give humanitarian aid because we, with means, have a moral obligation to ensure that others have access to essential necessities. This obligation comes from our personal ethical responsibility to be minimally good people and alleviate the most extreme human suffering as much as is realistically possible. This obligation isn’t based on strategic goals, it isn’t based on spreading democracy and it isn’t based on national security — it’s based on our moral...
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