Here is the comment:
The good of society as a whole is far more important than individual rights.
What do you think of the pros and cons of such a statement?
2007-01-04 09:01:42 · 14 answers · asked by Tegarst 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Well, it wasn't said by an American.
2007-01-04 09:06:00 · answer #1 · answered by The Twist 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
That 'comment' reminiscent of Gestalt-like ideal, is of course what one of the cornerstones of what Marx and Engels had in mind when they drafted up the Communist Manifesto.
Definitely a mantra of any socialst.
Society must go on, and yes the greater good is a choice that often must be made.
Yet will the individuals rights be tossed aside when its for the greater good.
I know many people think things like the Patriot Act are an example of this ( I dont personally although its a very slipperly slope so to speak ) or what about. or Gun control laws.
Any law or policy that hedges our fundamental rights, is dangerous.
Judicially we see revisionist history and ideology as someone tries to put the square peg in the round hole and makes it fit to serve an agenda. And someones rights diminish.
We must have laws, and the greater good is infact just that. but the invididual is the building block and you cant forget about that.
2007-01-04 17:27:52 · answer #2 · answered by sociald 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Was this comment made on something to do with the patriot act or about the new mail laws? That's Bushism politics for you the good of society as a while is far more important the indivuidual rights. That would apply to the patriot act and to the new mail act.
2007-01-04 17:09:01 · answer #3 · answered by wondermom 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Question would be who will decide, in the end it would not be Constitutional to put the Majority ahead of any Individual . Since All Men are created equal they should each one be as important as many.
2007-01-04 17:15:46 · answer #4 · answered by kritikos43 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That kind of talk makes me nervous. It is the same ideology that China, and the former USSR used. Thusly, this sort of thought can quickly lead to the erosion of civil rights. I'm sad to say that the Bush administration uses this sort of thinking as well. The passage of the Patriot Act, for example, has eliminated your 4th and 5th Amendment rights.
2007-01-04 17:23:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any single individual is expendable in the eyes of the 'state'.
Even Presidents and Prime Ministers.
Ask JFK.
2007-01-04 18:05:58 · answer #6 · answered by Panama Jack 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't society as a whole made up of individuals and their rights?
2007-01-04 17:29:21 · answer #7 · answered by firewomen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a quote from The Plague, by Albert Camus, that best answers this statement:
What is public welfare, but a combination of all the private welfares involved?
2007-01-04 17:04:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like Spock; The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one.
2007-01-04 17:09:53 · answer #9 · answered by MishMash [I am not one of your fans] 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like socialist propoganda.
2007-01-04 17:11:21 · answer #10 · answered by cornbread 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go jump in a lake i want my say to count & not be ruled or controled by anyone else!
2007-01-04 17:10:54 · answer #11 · answered by bulabate 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋