Amitai Etzioni has argued that ‘a good society cannot be centred only on liberty and individual rights but also must attend to the common good, expressed in terms of social responsibilities to others and to one’s communities’.479 If we accept that we have many local communities that together make up our national community, and that our common good can be balanced with respect for both community and individual rights and interests, we can overcome the divisive polarization that currently bedevils our politics.
