COMMON GOOD: Common to whom?

For those referencing the common good, I hereby specifically disclaim my representation in it.

The common good cannot be defined precisely because it is received, perceived and conveyed differently by the very individuals ostensibly comprising it.

Only the completely voluntary participation of people and their unfettered interoperation in markets of goods, services and ideas rightly indicates a variable common good at any given point in time.

Barring that understanding, anyone speaking of the common good is normally speaking for neither the common nor the good. Most often, those asserting any common good have simply accepted a certain group’s understanding of what a transitory common good should mean for individuals for whom they do not speak.

It doesn’t take a village. It takes individuals interacting with one another where and when they choose.

Speak for yourself; it’s better that way.

E.F. FRAZIER

Worley