There's plenty historical support for faith in social improvement, Ed, which I attribute in part to closer adherence to Commandments and scripture. (Back to doctrine!) What happened behind factory and mine gates, those horrifying Dickensian conditions, was once none of society's business. What happened behind closed doors in our communities was none of our business, either. Now it's a criminal offence here to not report suspected abuse. Than in more recent times---Canada's Michael Ignatieff had a hand in this one---what happened behind sovereign borders, ethnic cleansing and the like, was no other country's business until the Right to Protect (RTP) concept was imposed in southeastern Europe. Sort of Dostoyevsky's "Each one is responsible to everyone for everything."