Transcript Common Good/Communal Approach

Presented By
John Braun
Glenn Kugler
Jordan Pipping
 The
Common Good: A specific good that
is shared and beneficial for all or most
members of a given community
 Mother Theresa
and Gandhi both were
examples of the Common Good although
differing in religious aspects
 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.
 Recycling
– Using less of our worlds
precious raw resources
 Lowers pollution
 Less harm to the land
Or the
Alternative…
 Tougher
Drunk Driving Laws – Safety of
the Public
 Safer Sidewalks
 Safer Roads and Streets
 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
COMMON GOOD
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Group safety
Group health
Group needs
Group happiness
Group care
Betterment of the whole
INDIVIDUAL APPROACH
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Rights of the individual
Personal freedoms
Individuality
Personal responsibility
Freedom of choice
 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
 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?