In the 16th century, Jordan records in his history of philanthropy, a noted Puritan divine named Edward dering consistently opposed the poor laws of Elizabethan England on the grounds that they tended to weaken the moral responsibility that wealth must bear for poverty and need. 乔丹在他的慈善史书上提到,16世纪,一位名叫爱德华迪林(edwarddering)的著名清教徒牧师执著地反对英国伊丽莎白女王时代的济贫法律,理由是它们容易削弱富人必须为贫穷承担的道德责任。