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ommunitarians believe with America’s Founding Fathers
that it is possible to build the good society based upon the core values of the American
people as defined by the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of
Rights. The values that define the American community include the belief that the society
should provide its citizens with equality of opportunity, material well being, and the
opportunity for individual self-fulfillment, and that it should operate on the principles
of fairness, justice and compassion.
Communitarianism springs from the recognition
that the human being is by nature a social animal as well as an individual with a desire
for autonomy. Communitarians recognize that a healthy society must have a correct balance
between individual autonomy and social cohesion. Much recent thinking has focused on an
assumed conflict between the rights of the individual and the responsibilities of the
government. When you put "community" back into the equation, you find that the
apparent conflict between the individual and the government can be resolved by public
policies that are consistent with core American values and work to the benefit of all
members of our society.
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