Young Goodman

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inclinations towards society. Man seeks to protect his individual natural rights to exist as himself. He wants to become what his desires and abilities dictate that he should. However, what would a man be without the society his born directly into? Certainly, some parts of an individual man’s personality are determined by the environment in which he finds himself; he may be able to think, feel, and endeavor all alone, but how does he think? What makes him choose to endeavor for one thing and not another? At least in part, these things are determined by the social part of man and what he has learned from the influence of other human beings. Man uses a cooperative language, he guides his thought with the histories of former human beings, and in modern society, his food, clothing, shelter, etc. are, most likely, the products of the work of many people. Perhaps, indirectly, he is dependent on all people past and present. When man determines the way that society is governed, he is obligated to address this pro...