According to Lewis, what is the difference between natural affection and charity?

### Why this is right Lewis defines charity as love in the Christian sense: willing another person’s good. Natural affection is a feeling of liking or fondness, which may help charity but is not the same thing. ### The concept You need not feel warm affection toward every person in order to act charitably. Lewis advises acting for another’s good rather than waiting for affectionate feelings to appear. He also warns that affection can become unfair, as when a parent gratifies personal fondness at a child’s expense. ### The other options - **B. Affection is always virtuous; charity is merely giving money.**: Affection is not automatically virtuous, and charity has a wider meaning than almsgiving. - **C. Charity requires liking everyone, while affection is a duty.**: Lewis separates charitable action from the feeling of liking. - **D. They are identical names for the same emotion.**: Charity is a willed orientation, not simply an emotion. ### Terms - **Charity**: Willed love that seeks another person’s good. ### Remember You can act charitably before you feel affection.