Helping without consideration of the cost is something we do because it's an essential aspect of our identity as humans. The ability to reimburse the cost with

Helping without consideration of the cost is something we do because it's an essential aspect of our identity as humans. The ability to reimburse the cost without unreasonable hardship might play some role after the fact, but reimbursement must never be mandatory. We would inevitably start considering the ability to pay before deciding to help. In so doing, we would be denying our core identity.