[October 1999 journal entry]
Proposition: That ‘community’ is experienced to some degree through a self-understanding (e.g., friendship, neighbor, family, business, . . .) that centers on accountability and on distributive justice concerns. This proposition can be tested in concrete/immediate ‘community’ experiences and in broader networks of ‘community’ experience. Re the latter, the consequences are less evident if one takes from the ‘common good’ without regard either for other individuals or for the ability of the ‘community’ as a whole to recover/survive/thrive. This point should be applied to end-of-life decisions in health care.
Proposition: That ‘community’ is experienced to some degree through a self-understanding (e.g., friendship, neighbor, family, business, . . .) that centers on accountability and on distributive justice concerns. This proposition can be tested in concrete/immediate ‘community’ experiences and in broader networks of ‘community’ experience. Re the latter, the consequences are less evident if one takes from the ‘common good’ without regard either for other individuals or for the ability of the ‘community’ as a whole to recover/survive/thrive. This point should be applied to end-of-life decisions in health care.