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To: vladimir998

“the common good of society”

No such thing, not even under Marx, Lenin, Stalin plus many of the others.

There is, *on the other hand,* a good, as in something better is possible, for the individual; and *then,* taking the sum of the individuals, there may be a “greater” (as in breadth of) good.


172 posted on 11/27/2013 9:19:59 PM PST by First_Salute (May God save our democratic-republican government, from a government by judiciary.)
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To: First_Salute

“the common good of society”

Ever been to Pennsylvania? How about Massachusetts? Kentucky? Virginia? They’re not states. They’re ‘commonwealths’. Their founding fathers believed in the ‘common good’, hence the name ‘commonwealth’.

Read John Locke on the subject: http://www.lonang.com/exlibris/locke/loc-210.htm


250 posted on 11/28/2013 6:48:45 AM PST by vladimir998
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