collective good
Society's mutual welfare
A collective good is something that benefits a group or society as a whole rather than any single individual: Public parks serve the collective good.
The term appears in political philosophy and economics, where it overlaps with "public good"—resources or outcomes that everyone can access and enjoy.
Appeals to the collective good often justify policies requiring individual sacrifice: Higher taxes for the collective good.
- public interestSocietal welfare and benefit
- welfareComfort and prosperity
- communityCollective of connected people
- community spiritShared investment in locale
- solidarityUnity among allies
shared · shared responsibility · altruism · civic · civic duty · society · cooperation · public benefit · mutual aid · commons · common cause · unity · sacrifice · citizenship · philanthropy · social contract · commonwealth · togetherness
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
- public goodpublic interest, social welfare
- Eastern PhilosophyTaoism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism
- ideologiescapitalism, communism, conservatism, liberalism, socialism
- Asian valuesfilial piety, group harmony, interdependence, respect for elders, face saving
- Mohismuniversal love, frugality, anti-war, defensive warfare, meritocracy
collective goodselfishness
Excessive concern for oneself
egoism · greed · acquisitiveness · avarice · cupidity
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