Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Aggregate good

Keen insight from Aretae, burred in comments.

There is NOT a common good. There MAY be an aggregate good...what is good for Abel,Baker,Charlie,and Dennis, but bad for Eddie and Frank may be worth "2 points" of good. And, if it's only 1 point of good each for ABCD, and 5 points of bad each for EF...that may not even be true. But it sure ain't in the "common good"...

Nothing the government does is good for everyone, someone always suffers from any government action.

3 comments:

Aretae said...

thx. In phoenix on 12th/13th with family. Can't find working emails for either of you.

Mark Horning said...

They haven't changed in a decade.

Stir Fry Recipes said...

This was lovelyy to read