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Given that government, in
theory at least, is our common will, representing us as a people, how do we
define ourselves? Will we come to the aid of those among us struggling to get by
or will we throw the needy back upon their own meager resources? Is the
prevailing philosophy of governance one of mutual concern and collective help,
or one of stark individualism in which everyone has to fend for themselves, or
at best rely on charity? This is not so much a political question as a moral
one, a question pertaining to the moral basis of our common life. Much depends
on how we answer it.
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