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Individual needs and social consensus
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The United States today is faced with a crisis of the liberal system stemming from a shortage of resources and ideas as discussed by the authors, and we must revise our ideas and institutions in order to make the common good attainable.Abstract:
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The United States today is faced with a crisis of the liberal system stemming from a shortage of resources and ideas. Liberalism assumes that there will always be enough resources to meet all needs and that politics consists of the struggle of interest groups for resources to meet their particular needs. Liberalism is wrong on both counts: there are not enough resources and there is a common good which includes all particular needs properly understood. We must now revise our ideas and institutions in order to make the common good attainable. Various changes in ideas and institutions toward that end are suggested.read more
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