Charity Proof, 1 of 2

Charity may be given to alleviate suffering in two ways: for Preventative uses (to stop suffering occurring in future), or Relief uses (to stop current suffering). Ethics dictate that charity dollars are finite and thus must be used to alleviate the most suffering. Preventative strategies plan for the future so that suffering will never occur. Relief strategies alleviate tangible suffering in the present and thus subjectively seem most altruistic and satisfying, but do nothing to prevent the same suffering occurring again in the future. When suffering does occur, charity will have been exhausted on short-term strategies and suffering will continue.