Just a quick thought. One concept that I have found interesting is the ethics behind giving aid when you know that it might be causing more harm than good in the long run.
An example is given in Famine Crimes that food aid was given to Cambodians during the genocide of the Khmer Rouge. The aid actually rebuilt and helped to re-mobilize the Khmer Rouge army. Some people became very cynical about giving aid at this point when they realized that their aid wasn't being used with the same good intentions with which it was given.
This is also a problem with HIV/AIDS. Often times, ARV's and condoms are given out to people, and it gives them a false sense of security, and often times causes them to engage in more risky behaviors, thus perpetuating the problem.
I know there are lots of other examples of this... but just something I was thinking about when I was reading.
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