Common Good

The idea of common good derived from ancient greek and many philosophers. it can be defind as  "certain general conditions that are...equally to everyone's advantage." The "common good" has also been defined as "the sum of these conditions of social life which allow social groups and their individual members relatively thorough and ready access to their own fulfillment, 
The reading portrays examples about the common good where everyone in a country works together to achieve wellness and satisfaction for them all together, and achieve a common goal and thoughts. This jumped out to me because it is similar to the ideas of communism. North Korea's belief is that people cooprerate together for the welfare of their country and leader. However, world is not perfect. There are flaws and faults. Therefore the idea of common good unfortunately does not accord our world and society. For example, North Korea is enforcing an idea similar to the common good and the country is one of the worst living qualities and oppression. James Madison would support this perspective because he created the Federalist no.10. James Madison's main idea and purpose of creating the document was becuase he believed that there would always be factions and differences in people in our society. He did not expect our nation to be perfect. Although if the common good is not realistic, a government should aim for it.