?Every individual has a different viewpoint on how self-interest, and the common good should be balanced. In general, the rights of the individuals are more important when and where they do not encroach on the rights of another individual. When they do interact, the good of society must come first. At this time, most peoples believe that their rights as an individual come first. The common good does not just happen. To establish and maintain it, you first must need the cooperative efforts of some people. This can be very hard to find, and some argue impossible. It is difficult because different people have differing ideas about what is worthwhile, and what makes a happy life. The common good plays a role in important issues that still go on today, including making employment opportunities more equal, and making the health system more affordable. Thinking about the health system, we’ve been hearing a lot about ObamaCare. It’s supposedly more affordable. I’m not going to try to persuade you either way. However, wouldn’t the common good of all the people, be more appealing? Wouldn’t it be nice if all the sick or elderly could afford to take care of themselves? This might make insurance have lower premiums, or maybe physicians would have lower salaries. This might not sound like such a great idea if you’re that physician, but again, think of the society. Maybe there is a patient, with lets say, cancer. There medical treatment is going to get pretty costly. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could lower that for them? Our survival rate may even go up if things became more cost efficient. When we think about equal job opportunities, most don't realize that it is still an issue. Some people would still choose the white male, over the minority sitting next to him. When this was still a larger issue, white men had to give up something, in this case their own job opportunity chances, so that women and African Americans could have the oppo