There are many religious responses to such a question. For example, as a Christian, I might say that there is evil in the world and this starvation etc is part of it. We need to help these people materially, educationally, spiritually regardless of our own political or economic aims because GOD created these people and JESUS asks us to care for those who are less fortunate than at the huge number of different religions - Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Taoism, Rastafarianism, Zoroastrianism and so on. Look at our society and its art, movies, books, poetry, music and so on. Much of this concerns itself with the fundamental questions mentioned above. A common theme in novels and movies is "good versus evil" - think of "Star Wars". Articles in...