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Bigthink — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:48:28 +0100

Professor,
I'm going to have to agree with you as well. Social, spiritual and technological advancement would not be possible without the aid of individuals in search of a collective good. We are but actors on eachothers stages, and we are required to interact with one another. It is safe to say the people are social beings. Beings that thrive with interpersonal communication to find commonality within ourselves to better understand ourselves as individuals and understand the world that we have all been thrown into. While many act selfishly, the human ability to act selflessly: shows our understanding and willingness to strive for a good greater than ourselves. My question is then can there indeed be a universal collective good or are inviduals personal desires and predispositions always conflicting preventing a collective conciousness?

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Bigthink — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:55:45 +0100

Dear Professor Sandel,
Like you, I have asked this question and have chosen the second answer. What I am unsure of, however, is how to justify it. Intuition, and probably a good deal of socialization, led me to the second answer. But what about you? How do you justify the good life as one that requires us to engage with the world?

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