Abstract
Why do we give away food? Sometimes it is out of pure compassion, the undiluted desire to help needy people. Sometimes it is out of enlightened self-interest, awareness that we may help others as we help ourselves. But sometimes the wish to help people comes from the caretaker complex, the belief that people are unable to take care of themselves, which can be true. But the caretaker complex can lead to co-dependency and a bond that neither giver nor receiver can break. These three motives are mingled and hard to sort out. There is not enough compassion to meet the need; enlightened self-interest can and does help. The caretaker complex can subvert the effort. Overcoming hunger requires both prudence and compassion. Either is scarce; to find the two in combination is rare indeed.
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