Think how much “natural” evil could be prevented if there were no political wars (the Ethiopian tragedy clearly could!), if there were no arms race, if there were an equal distribution of the world’s resources, if humans who had the means cared enough to invest in the safety and welfare of others? Even the floods in Bangladesh, I am told, are largely the indirect result of human apathy about our environment (e.g., screwing up the ozone layer) and about the welfare of the Bangladesh people (e.g., assisting them to build flood-proof housing).
