Examples of Common good in the following topics:
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- Article IV of the Constitution of Massachusetts provides authority for the state to make laws "as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of this commonwealth. " The actual phrase "general welfare" appears only in Article CXVI, which permits the imposition of capital punishment for "the purpose of protecting the general welfare of the citizens. "
- The common good is a term that can refer to several different concepts.
- In the popular meaning, the common good describes a specific "good" that is shared and beneficial for all members of a given community.
- This is also how the common good is broadly defined in philosophy, ethics, and political science.
- Similarly, Article IV of the Constitution of Massachusetts provides authority for the state to make laws "as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of this commonwealth. " The actual phrase "general welfare" appears only in Article CXVI, which permits the imposition of capital punishment for "the purpose of protecting the general welfare of the citizens. "
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- Studies show that private market factors can more efficiently deliver many goods or service than governments due to free market competition.
- Opponents of certain privatizations believe that certain public goods and services should remain primarily in the hands of government in order to ensure that everyone in society has access to them.
- There is a positive externality when the government provides society at large with public goods and services such as defense and disease control.
- These governments' direct provision of security, stability and safety is intended to be done for the common good with a long-term perspective.
- Likewise, private goods and services should remain in the hands of the private sector.
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- Public interest groups advocate for what they consider to be the public good.
- Interest groups represent people or organizations with common concerns and interests.
- These groups work to gain or retain benefits for their members, or to make general changes for the public good.
- These groups advocate for their ideals of general good, or common well-being.
- Because of this difficulty, even when there is consensus around the good of a broad topic, the work of a single public interest group might still be controversial.
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- In the US judicial system, cases are decided based on principles established in previous cases; a practice called common law.
- When a decision in a court case is made and is called law, it typically is referred to as "good law. " Thus, subsequent decisions must abide by that previous decision.
- This is called "common law," and it is based on the principle that it is unfair to treat similar facts differently in subsequent occasions.
- Essentially, the body of common law is based on the principles of case precedent and stare decisis.
- The general principle in common law legal systems is that similar cases should be decided so as to give similar and predictable outcomes, and the principle of precedent is the mechanism by which this goal is attained.
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- Early philosophical investigations sought to understand good and evil and the concept of "the good".
- Personal Values provide an internal reference for what is good, beneficial, important, useful, beautiful, desirable, constructive, etc.
- Values generate behavior and help solve common human problems for survival by comparative rankings of value, the results of which provide answers to questions of why people do what they do and in what order they choose to do them.
- A culture is a social system that shares a set of common values, in which such values permit social expectations and collective understandings of the good, beautiful, constructive, etc.
- Norms are rules for behavior in specific situations, while values identify what should be judged as good or evil.
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- "Cow", for example, is a noun which refers to a large number of different individual animals which share certain characteristics in common.
- (Bossie may be good-natured; Bessy may be inclined to kick or bite people; Bossie's milk may be contaminated, while Bessie's is pure and safe to drink. )
- Hayakawa suggested that it is good to remind ourselves periodically that "cow1 is not cow2," that merely knowing what cows have in common is not all we need to know, that individual differences can be all-important.
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- Jacksonian democracy is the political movement toward greater democracy for the common man typified by American politician Andrew Jackson.
- Jacksonian democracy is the political movement toward greater democracy for the common man typified by American politician Andrew Jackson and his supporters.
- Patronage was theorized to be good because it would encourage political participation by the common man and because it would make a politician more accountable for poor government service by his appointees.
- Jackson himself was opposed to all banks, because he believed they were devices to cheat common people; he and many followers believed that only gold and silver could be money (.
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- Members join interest groups because of common concerns and to unite under one cause.
- In his first book, The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups (1965), he theorized that "only a separate and ‘selective' incentive will stimulate a rational individual in a latent group to act in a group-oriented way"; that is, members of a large group will not act in the group's common interest unless motivated by personal gains.
- An interest group is a group of individuals who share common objectives, and whose aim is to influence policymakers.
- In his first book, The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups (1965), he theorized that "only a separate and ‘selective' incentive will stimulate a rational individual in a latent group to act in a group-oriented way."
- Olsen's work laid the foundation for understanding how members of a large group will not act in the group's common interest unless motivated by personal gains.
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- Interest groups represent people or organizations with common concerns and interests.
- These groups work to gain or retain benefits for their members, or to make general changes for the public good.
- Two examples of consumer groups concerned with a broad range of consumer goods are the Better Business Bureau (BBB) and the Consumer Union, who publishes the Consumer Reports.
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- Journalism ethics and standards describe the principles of ethics and good practice journalists adopt in response to specific challenges.
- Journalism ethics and standards describe the principles of ethics and good practice journalists adopt in response to specific challenges.
- While various existing codes have some differences, most share common elements: notably, the principles of truthfulness, accuracy, objectivity, impartiality, fairness and public accountability as they apply to the acquisition of newsworthy information and its subsequent dissemination to the public.
- Ethical standards should not be confused with the common standards of quality of presentation.