The morality of an act is a function of the state of the system at the time it is performed. The intent of sincere humanitarians is to do good to society, just as the intent of the child who kills a bird by to much fondling is to do good to the bird. As long as society s leaders recognize resentment for what it is, it can do no harm, even though it will perpetuate the poverty of those who nurture it.
Resentment is utterly impotent.
Those whose thinking is dominated by envy and hatred of achievers will never accomplish anything on their own, except perhaps a random violence that strikes the innocent far more often than the intended victim. Resentment is nothing more than a childish complaint emanating from an adult body, and such complaints amount to nothing unless those who are in a position to do something about them feel and obligation to do so - when resentment is confused with morality. Robert Scheaffer Modern Medicine does not simply make more people healthy. Its larger effect is to keep more chronically sick people alive. Ideologues will denounce this as fascism.