Foreign aid - good or evil?

[steelish]

No, no one has a moral duty to look after the poor just because they are poor.

Yes. Yes they do! At least, that's the way I see it. I hate to sound sactimonious, but I cannot think of anything less moral than allowing people to die when it is possible to prevent it. All the more so when it is easily possible to prevent it.

That has less to do with "duty" and more to do with humanity. I would agree to say that it is inhumane to stand idly by while others suffer or even die. But to say it is a duty is simply the wrong way to state it, in my opinion.