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	A Third Way to a Good Society
		Civil society: "...the ensemble of suprafamilial, nonstate institutions that organize the members of society into coordinated groups and allow them to express their opinions and particular interests.
		While these partners may differ in terms of their respective roles, and these may change with social condition, in a good society the three sectors seek to cooperate with one another....
		"At the core of the Third Way ought to be the recognition that a good society combines respect for individual rights and fulfillment of basic human needs with the expectations that members live up to their responsibilities to themselves, their family and friends, and to the community at large...
	www.crossroad.to /Quotes/communitarian/third_way.htm (2313 words)

	ADLER ARCHIVE: The Good Life and the Good Society
		Hence politics, in being concerned with the good society, which is a means to the good life of its members (few, many, or all), has as its ultimate concern the good life or happiness of a number of individuals.
		The good society is indispensable as a means to the good life, and in providing the conditions that the individual cannot provide for himself, it serves the general happiness rather than the happiness of a single individual.
		When we speak of the good society, the good we are referring to is the goodness of the organized community as such, and this goodness is a common good, one that is shared by or participated in by its members.
	radicalacademy.com /adlergoodlifegoodsociety.htm (3477 words)

	Anthony Grayling, The Place of Drugs in the Good Society
		In my submission, a society in which such substances are legal and available is a good society not because drugs are in themselves a good, but because the autonomy of those who wish to use them is respected.
		Still more to the point, however, a good society is one which should be able maturely to accommodate the existence of practices which are not destructive of social bonds (in the way that, as mentioned, are theft, rape, murder and other serious crimes), but mainly have to do with private behavior.
		Society as a whole was not adversely affected by the use of drugs; but it was benefited by the fact that it did not burden itself with a misjudged, unworkable and paternalistic endeavor to interfere with those who chose to use drugs.
	www.cognitiveliberty.org /9jcl/Grayling.html (1711 words)

	Michael Edwards - civil society - theory and practice, the encyclopaedia of informal education
		Unfortunately, clarity and rigor are conspicuous by their absence in the civil society debate, a lack of precision that threatens to submerge this concept completely under a rising tide of criticism and confusion.
		Some claim that civil society is a specific product of the nation state and capitalism; others see it as a universal expression of the collective life of individuals, at work in all countries and stages of development but expressed in different ways according to history and context.
		Finally, the achievements of the good society are what make possible the independence and level playing field that underpin a democratic associational life - by reducing inequality, for example, and guaranteeing freedom of association, anchored in the law.
	www.infed.org /association/civil_society.htm (2423 words)

	Good Samaritan Society - Overview
		Each Good Samaritan center offers numerous opportunities for employment that range from jobs available in the traditional long-term care setting to those in supportive housing and home care.
		It is the policy of the Good Samaritan Society to provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified individuals without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law, in all personnel actions.
		Good Samaritan Society es un empleador de igual oportunidad.
	www.good-sam.com /jobs (202 words)

	Amazon.com: The Good Society: The Humane Agenda: Books: John Kenneth Galbraith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		His version of the good society also encompasses a strong environmental movement, a more open immigration policy and a sturdier safety net for the poor and disadvantaged.
		In this slim volume, eminent economist Galbraith tackles the question of what, exactly, is a "good society." Most Americans would agree with the components of Galbraith's "good society": economic growth; universal access to education; and protection for the young, old, disabled, and the environment.
		He parts company with the pundits in his disbelief that the "good society" can be obtained through adherence to a particular ideology, arguing instead that rigid philosophies must be abandoned and each issue considered in all its complexity.
	www.amazon.com /Good-Society-Humane-Agenda/dp/0395859980 (2157 words)

	Hobart and William Smith Colleges :: Minors: The Good Society
		Unlike the Holy Grail, however, the Good Society is not a single tangible object, and coming to know what exactly it may be is a dauntingly complex and multifaceted task.
		Not only is the nature of the Good Society inherently controversial, but many doubt the coherence of the very idea.
		The emphasis of this Good Society minor also is upon exploring the variety of constraints that render attainment of the Good Society so challenging and upon combining humanistic, natural scientific, and social scientific ways of knowing to achieve a better understanding of what on earth the Good Society might be.
	www.hws.edu /academics/programs/minors/goodsociety.asp (234 words)

	The Unofficial Paul Krugman Web Page
		To be both a liberal and a good economist you must have a certain sense of the tragic--that is, you must understand that not all goals can be attained, that life is a matter of painful tradeoffs.
		The revelation one gets from reading John Kenneth Galbraith's The Good Society is that Galbraith--who is one of the world's most celebrated intellectuals, and whom one would expect to have a deeper appreciation of the complexity of the human condition than a mere technical economist would--lacks this tragic sense.
		The truth is that constructing and maintaining a good society has turned out to be far more difficult than anyone imagined a generation ago.
	www.pkarchive.org /cranks/GalbraithGoodSociety.html (1085 words)

	Zacarias Moussaoui and the Good Society
		It reaffirmed my faith that there are still parts of our civil society that are impervious not simply to the hate and intolerance of our enemies but to the bad-faith and mean-spirit so pervasive in our own public life.
		In rule by law, it's not the need for revenge that must be satisfied but the need for justice.
		The reason for this is simple: Collectively, we need as a society to be able to get up in the morning and look at ourselves in the mirror.
	agonist.org /node/30427/print (727 words)

	PHI 2010 Handout: Chapter 9 -- "Justice and the Good Society" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Solomon also argues that there is a difference between questions about the just society and the legitimacy of government, on the one hand, and questions about the virtues and the good life, on the other.
		Not all philosophers and societies have accepted the distinction between the spheres of public and private morality.
		Namely: that a society should permit inequalities only if "it is reasonable to expect [inequalities] will work out to everyone's advantage, and provided that the positions and offices to which they attach or from which they may be gained are open to all" (qtd.
	home.earthlink.net /~charpressler/id37.html (1805 words)

	Capitalism, the Good Society - Page 2
		The materials had not disappeared, and the goods were readily available in the shops, or could be produced but for the want of money.
		The default is good and you should certainly not seek new loans from the mentioned state agencies.
		Argentina is not a capitalistic society, in fact one of the least.
	www.physicsforums.com /showthread.php?p=362327 (2003 words)

	ZNet \| Vision & Strategy \| A Political System for a Good Society
		Leninists replied to those who criticized their lack of democracy by arguing that society ought to serve the objective interests of the working class, not its perceived interests, not what the working class with its false consciousness believes to be its interests.
		Their mistake was in assuming that they were free of self-interest or ignorance, and that they knew the interests of others, with enough certainty to warrant suppressing those who disagreed.
		Many societies have constitutions that spell out limitations on the authority of the majority: the majority cannot tell people what religion to practice, what they can say, what they can think; the majority cannot deny individuals the right to a trial, the right to vote, and so on.
	www.zmag.org /content/print_article.cfm?itemID=10291§ionID=41 (3161 words)

	Thinking About the Good Society - Aspen Institute
		Exploring the theoretical contours of a good society is an intellectual challenge and, at the same time, a call for personal introspection.
		Perhaps the good society of mine sounds a bit dry, a bit technical; but the fact that the twentieth century, despite its astonishing achievements, was incapable of producing such a society indicates a deep underlying challenge.
		Walls of solitude surround the sick who do not have access to the marvels of modern medical science, while the fruits of their labor are consumed by governments in the absurd pursuit of military dominance.
	www.aspeninstitute.org /site/c.huLWJeMRKpH/b.613325/k.4651/Thinking_About_the_Good_Society.htm (2884 words)

	The Good Society
		This society first came to my attention when I had the opportunity to meet and talk to people who had the privilege of living in such a society.
		This, then, is a brief snapshot of a society which we today come nowhere close to matching, but one which stands as a model for what a well-run, progressive and orderly society should look like.
		For a rare glimpse of this extraordinary society, see Stanley McClatchie's Look to Germany, the 248-page album with 300 vivid photographs, in which the author presents his first-hand observations of the miracle that was Pre-World War II National Socialist Germany.
	www.rense.com /general61/goods.htm (2931 words)

	Common Good: Society: In the News
		Common Good is offering two fellowship positions for the summer of 2006, with the choice of working in Washington, DC or New York City.
		Common Good chair Philip K. Howard was invited by the President to speak at the White House Economic Conference on December 15, 2004.
		Common Good’s campaign to focus national attention on the impact of legal fear is the centerpiece of extensive coverage in Newsweek and related coverage on NBC.
	cgood.org /society-newscommentary-inthenews.html (2447 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Good Society : The Humane Agenda: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		His version of the good society also encompasses a strong environmental movement, a more open immigration policy and a sturdier safety net for the poor and disadvantaged.
		In this slim volume, eminent economist Galbraith tackles the question of what, exactly, is a "good society." Most Americans would agree with the components of Galbraith's "good society": economic growth; universal access to education; and protection for the young, old, disabled, and the environment.
		He parts company with the pundits in his disbelief that the "good society" can be obtained through adherence to a particular ideology, arguing instead that rigid philosophies must be abandoned and...
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0395859980 (887 words)

	Penn State Press Journals: The Good Society
		PEGS is a nonpartisan, ideologically diverse, nonprofit organization whose goal is to promote serious and sustained inquiry into innovative institutional designs for a good society.
		PEGS responds to the growing awareness that current versions of socialism and democratic capitalism fail to offer workable visions of a good society and seem increasingly to contradict such basic values as liberty, democracy, equality, and environmental sustainability.
		By encouraging development of practical visions of the good society, PEGS hopes to create a theoretical basis for the eventual restructuring of real world political-economic systems.
	www.psupress.org /journals/jnls_PEGS.html (89 words)

	educating for a good society - st james ethics centre
		The Educating for a Good Society project sought to stimulate discussion about the fundamental values found in a 'good society' and their implications for educating our children.
		In April 2001 the symposium Educating for a Good Society: a national conversation continued the dialogue.
		Attendees identified the values they considered to be fundamental to a 'good society', followed by a discussion about how each value might be defined, taught and incorporated throughout the education system.
	www.ethics.org.au /our_services/projects/education/educating_for_a_good_society/index.htm (339 words)

	American Society and Individualism
		What prevents Americans from "taking charge" is, according to the authors, our long and abiding allegiance to "individualism" -- the belief that "the good society" is one in which individuals are left free to pursue their private satisfactions independently of others, a pattern of thinking that emphasizes individual achievement and self-fulfillment.
		This lack of common purpose and concern for the common good bodes ill for a people claiming to be a democracy.
		From a focus on self and a view of society as unrelated autonomous individuals, we will come to look beyond ourselves and come to view ourselves as members of a larger community concerned not only about ourselves but about our fellow Americans, peoples of other nations, future generations, and non human life.
	www.scu.edu /ethics/publications/iie/v5n1/homepage.html (930 words)

	The Good Society; ISBN-10: 0395859980 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Contemplating what kind of society we can have and what kind we seem to want to have, he tries to reconcile the differences.
		Galbraith holds out--and holds out for--"the good society." He knowingly appropriates this frequently used phrase, acknowledging that it was first used in the 1920s by Walter Lippmann in his same-titled "defense" of the principles of liberalism.
		Galbraith suggests that the current political agenda that attacks the poor received the explicit support of less than one-fourth of the electorate, and he makes the case that the "haves" can still have it without having to have it all.
	www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com /catalog/titledetail.cfm?titleNumber=681045&printer=y (169 words)

	Commentary Magazine - The Good Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		...What is the image of the good society held by these people who fight endlessly against the police, the park department, the city planning commission, the urban renewal agency-and in a city in which the administration is as "liberal" as any in the country...
		...Our legal measures and institutions for the aged are not as good as a situation in which their support is undertaken out of a moral and religious obligation...
		...In their much smaller way, the organizations, public and private, that try to do good are now groping toward means of relating more efficiently to each other and to the problems they have been created to handle...
	www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V36I3P44-1.htm (5342 words)

	The Good Medicine Society - Brochure - The Peaceful Way
		In 1970 Eli experienced a vision showing him that it was time to disseminate teachings of Good Medicine for the new age beginning — an age of knowledge, when many people would no longer be content to rely on their beliefs, but rather would want to know Truth for themselves.
		The principles taught by the Good Medicine Society can be applied to any religion or life-style in the American culture.
		You will find that the principles of Good Medicine are the foundation of a healthy lifestyle, and are well understood by wise people of all traditions and cultures.
	www.goodmedicinesociety.com /gmsbrhtml.htm (868 words)

	Compass > Publications > The Good Society
		What kind of society do we want to live in?
		The Good Society provides a picture of the world we live in and the kind of world we should move towards.
		It is not a blueprint but a focus for discussion and debate.
	www.compassonline.org.uk /publications/good_society (199 words)

	The Good Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		THE GOOD SOCIETY: A society that does not impose a "Cost fo Living" on its members.
		And since enough material necessaries for all of us are presently produced by approximately 25% of the workforce, a great many persons are forced by money systems into work that is not necessary for any other reason than to give the worker the means with which to buy material necessaries.
		Its purpose is to generate a desire to do the truly humanely productive work of understanding the Good, and of fitting oneself to contribute to the Good.
	home.centurytel.net /users/cque/goodsociety.html (387 words)

	Capitalism, the Good Society - Page 3
		You are right it wasn’t invented because it was more or less an accidental development founded on the good old exchange of goods in Stone time-villages If you think of the developments which mankind has made in the meantime you can see on which primitive level capitalism is.
		Good thing we won't be around to see it.
		What I meant that society, especially in America, was headed towards a pure capitalistic model before the industrial revolution.
	www.physicsforums.com /showthread.php?p=363142 (3164 words)

	Toward improving corporate social performance - building "the good society" Business Horizons - Find Articles
		Issues of corporate social responsibility have been debated in the U.S. for decades, but there is still no commonly accepted answer to the question, "To whom is the corporation responsible?" I submit that we haven't answered this question because it is not the right question to ask.
		Instead, we should be asking, "How can and do corporations contribute to constructing the good society'?" This question itself must be answered in the context of a discussion on corporate social performance he outcomes of corporate behavior.
		Then we shall move closer to answering the question of corporate social responsibility, and in the process move also toward "the good society" and a better world.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1038/is_n4_v34/ai_11001737 (395 words)

	the good success society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		'Good success' is therefore guaranteed by God himself as one hears God's word,meditates upon it,and finally acts upon it with the help of the Holy Spirit.
		A complete and beautiful picture of 'good success' is the state of 'blessedness'(Psalm 1:1) seen in the third verse of the second set of scriptures above(Psalm 1:1-3).
		From the time the fruit seed is sown to the time that the fruit tree bears fruit,the plant has to face and overcome various challenges such as the elements and pests.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /adeolu.oluade/flrm/flr/thegoodsuccesssociety.html (976 words)

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