1. Learning Plan 5 Shelly Bath, Julie Meyer, Tina Ruane, Jason Randall November 4, 2008

2. What is the common-good approach?? Individuals own good is inextricably bound to the good of the whole.

3. Common-Good Examples Affordable healthcare Effective Public Safety Peace among nations A just legal system Unpolluted Environment

4. Original Founders Plato Aristotle Cicero

5. Plato Philosophy is marked by Dialectic Cognitive Optimism

6. Aristotle First to create comprehensive system of Western philosophy. Morality Aesthetics Logic and science Politics and metaphysics

7. Cicero Used philosophy to bring about political goals

8. John Rawls Certain general conditions that are… Equally to everyone’s advantages Contributions Liberal political philosophy Justice as fairness A theory of Justice

9. Criticisms/Problems “Free-rider” Taking benefits the common good provides Refusing to support common good themselves

10. Individualism Individual freedom Personal insights “Do their own thing”

11. Unequal sharing of burdens Some individuals/groups bear greater cost Unjust to those bearing greater cost

12. Appeals to Common-Good Should not be dismissed Urge us to reflect The society we want to become How we will achieve that society

13. Challenges us View ourselves as members of the same community Respect and value the freedom of individuals Further those goals we share in common

14. Affordable Health Care Current ethical dilemma No insurance- 50 million Americans Underinsured-25 million Americans Limits on coverage Rising health care premiums

15. Questions How does the up coming election affect the common good of all? How does the common good approach affect us as students?