What makes for a good society?
I stumbled across an old paper written by Amitai Etzioni in which he draws upon a key concept in his characterization of a good society.
Community is a combination of two elements: a) a web of affect-laden relationships among a group of individuals, relationships that often crisscross and reinforce one another--rather than merely one-on-one or chainlike individual relationships; b) a measure of commitment to a set of shared values, norms and meanings, and a shared history and identity--in short to a particular culture.
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