Affirmative Debate Case Arguing, Resolved: As a general principle, individuals have an obligation to value the common good above their own interests.
Title: Affirmative Debate Case Arguing, Resolved: As a general principle, individuals have an obligation to value the common good above their own interests.
Category: /Social Sciences/Political Science
Details: Words: 1113 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Affirmative Debate Case Arguing, Resolved: As a general principle, individuals have an obligation to value the common good above their own interests.
Category: /Social Sciences/Political Science
Details: Words: 1113 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
"A just society is founded on the recognition that all members of that society have equal worth and dignity. The interests of any one person cannot count more than the interests of any one else. Valuing the "common good" over an individuals own interests is based on the recognition that individuals concern that their own interests be looked after must be extended to the interests of others." It is because I agree with this quote …showed first 75 words of 1113 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1113 total…fear and danger of a violent death. The life of man would be solitary, poor, brutish, and short. In the state of nature man has the right to all things which invites serious conflict. In this situation there is not rational being, for all are self interested and all are out for their own self-preservation. Only once the individuals collectively decide to enter into a social contract can order and the common good be protected.
