Charity and Poverty (Position Paper) (original) (raw)

the altruistic virtues have really prevented the carrying out of this aim. Just as the worst slave owners were those who were kind to their slaves, and so prevented the horror of the system being realised by those who suffered from it, and understood by those who contemplated it, so, in the present state of things in England, the people who do most harm are the people trying to do most good" while preserving the system. -Oscar Wilde (The Soul of Man under Socialism, 1891) The only thing as ubiquitous as human settlements across the globe is poverty. Be it absolute or relative, poverty is the one feature that is present in all human societies since ancient times. Poverty also has its narratives in mythologies from different regions of the world, thus establishing its recognizance in culture and literature.