[Iscool]

A government that allows an innocent woman to starve to death, is by definition immoral and illegitimate.

Allowing someone to starve is one thing...Forcing one to starve is quite another...

[Antoninus]

Allowing someone to starve is one thing...Forcing one to starve is quite another...

Funny, I don't see the distinction. At the end of the day, you end up with a dead person, either through malfeasance or nonfeasance. Whichever, if you allowed it to happen, you are morally culpable.