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Common Good Approach

Common Good Approach. Presented By John Braun Glenn Kugler Jordan Pipping. Common Good. The Common Good: A specific good that is shared and beneficial for all or most members of a given community. Progressing the Common Good.

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Common Good Approach

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  1. Common Good Approach Presented By John Braun Glenn Kugler Jordan Pipping

  2. Common Good The Common Good: A specific good that is shared and beneficial for all or most members of a given community

  3. Progressing the Common Good

  4. Mother Theresa and Gandhi both were examples of the Common Goodalthough differing in religious aspects

  5. Common Good Approach The Common Good Approach is a principle that states: “ What is ethical is what advances the common good.” In other words… If you make an ethical choice you better the world in which you live.

  6. Examples • Recycling – Using less of our worlds precious raw resources • Lowers pollution • Less harm to the land • Or the Alternative…

  7. Examples Tougher Drunk Driving Laws – Safety of the Public Safer Sidewalks Safer Roads and Streets

  8. Common Good VS Individualism Common Good - as defined by the ethicist John Rawls: certain general conditions that are…equally to everyone's advantage The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few – Spock, Star Trek BUT Not without trespassing on each person as an individual

  9. Examples Common Good Individual Approach • Group safety • Group health • Group needs • Group happiness • Group care • Betterment of the whole • Rights of the individual • Personal freedoms • Individuality • Personal responsibility • Freedom of choice

  10. In Conclusion The community is made up of individuals whose own good is bound to the good of the whole community What is good for the goose is good for the gander

  11. Questions Do you view community as a collective or a group of individuals? What do you feel would be the best for you? What do you think would be best for society? Do you think you could assimilate into a collective society if you had to relinquish your free will?

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