Sunday, December 27, 2009

Mother teresa vs capitalism

"...Furthermore, the heroism of her efforts should not blind us to the fact that she has done relatively little physical or economic good for the people she is trying to help. The few people who receive the loving attention of her or her nuns certainly do feel better from having received it, and will probably never forget having been in her presence. But a businessman who built a factory in her neighborhood, provided on-the-job training and medical insurance for the people who worked there, and made piles of money for himself in the process, would do far more to actually alleviate human suffering. However, advocates of the morality of altruism would dismiss that man's achievements because "He only did it to make a few bucks for himself" and advocates of the morality of pity (including Mother Teresa herself) would promptly turn their attention elsewhere, because the people there would no longer be pitiful...."

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