&#62;I disagree, simply saving someone's life from a sickness doesn't matter, if they die from starvation because there is not enough food in the country.<p>It would matter to <i>me</i> if someone saved <i>my</i> life from sickness, even if I did die of starvation shortly afterwards.<p>&#62;If a country is really that badly off, what difference does it make if we save people from one form of suffering only to have them be subjected to a different form<p>I don't understand. By that logic, action is only worthwhile if there is exactly one form of suffering. Surely that can't be right.