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The idea of the greater good has a long yet punctuated history, replete with diverging meanings. To illustrate, Plato imagined an ideal state in which private goods and nuclear families would be relinquished for the sake of the greater good of a harmonious society. Aristotle defined it in terms of a communally shared happiness, whose key constituen...
The most serious limitation of most historical ideas about the greater good is that they are silent on the greater good as it relates to non-humansand other natural systems. At minimum, construing the natural systems in which we are nested as the ultimate meansupon which all else depends admits the current and future state of the environmental “com...
Australians are endowed with quantities of superb collective goods. By and large, we enjoy equitable access to these goods. However, with the possible exception of those who witnessed their introduction in the post-war years, most of us accept their existence and provision as an unanalysed fact of life. Too few of us are alive to the meaning of the...
v. t. e. In ethical philosophy, utilitarianism is a family of normative ethical theories that prescribe actions that maximize happiness and well-being for the affected individuals. [1] [2] In other words, utilitarian ideas encourage actions that ensure the greatest good for the greatest number.
Dec 28, 2021 · Here are the 20 most popular Greater Good articles from the past year, according to Google Analytics, followed by our staff’s nominations for the 10 best (but not-as-popular) articles we published in 2021.
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