Who should you help during the coronavirus pandemic?

Encyclopedia of Opinion

Question: Who should you help during the coronavirus pandemic?
Position‹6 of 8›: Help your neighbours
Argument1 of 2›: Charity starts at home

If everyone looked after those immediately closest to them, everyone would have the support they need.

The argument

Your neighbours likely need someone to help them get groceries, someone to look after their children while they go to work, or someone to have a chat with to lift their spirits. If everyone looked after their own communities, nobody would be without assistance that needs it. Charity starts at home. That means helping your neighbours.

Premises

[P1]Neighbours often need practical help during the pandemic, such as groceries, childcare, or simple companionship to lift their spirits. [P2] If everyone looked after their own community, nobody who needed assistance would go without it. [C] Therefore, charity starts at home, which means you should help your neighbours.

Counter-arguments

It isn't about making sure everyone gets some assistance, it is about making sure the people that need the assistance the most get a lot of assistance. If everyone only looked out for their immediate community, rich communities would have an abundance of resources and assistance and poor communities would have very little. Charity shouldn't start at home. It should start with those that need it most.

Rejecting the premises

[Rejecting P2] It isn't about making sure everyone has some help. We need to make sure those that need it most have a lot of help.