> Our status as a social species that works better when it works together and looks out for other members of the group. Fair. But why define the relevant group

> Our status as a social species that works better when it works together and looks out for other members of the group. Fair. But why define the relevant group as your countrymen? If you do not believe in positive obligations towards strangers, that definition is overly expansive. If you do believe in such obligations, it's overly restrictive-- third world residents are much poorer and are surely more deserving of your help than anyone inside the UK. > We have a much healthier and more productive society when we aren't entirely focused on material self-interest and and irrational fear of strangers or 'welfare scroungers'. There's a large space of actions between fearing strangers and showering them with handouts.