I would not on an occasion so full of general good feeling as this obtrude anything that should induce division or dissent.
Let us see that as far as our influence can bring it to pass they are conducted for the general good.
And nothing that has been said in the preceding section is intended as an argument in favour of Intuitionism, as against Utilitarianism or any other method that treats moral rules as relative to General Good or Well-being.
Pope's justification of the partial ill which is not a general good is, in substance, that Providence has not supreme dominion over his physical laws, that change and nature act independently of him, and vitiate his work.
In all ages of the world sovereign states have assumed to themselves the right of taxing their dependant colonies for the general good.
This will be a general good; but particularly so to our northern brethren.
Hence in the senate we may expect union and firmness--here we may find the general good the object of legislation, and a check upon the more partial and interested acts of the other branch.
In conclusion, it is urged that to disbelieve in a General Good is to empty life of what constitutes, for most thinking men, its main value.
It is suggested, in reply, that the conduct of thinking men commonly does imply a belief in a General Good.
This is admitted; but the further objection is made, that for the regulation of life it is only necessary for a man to admit a Good for himself, without admitting also a General Good or Good of all.
Strange that an institution, built on the idea of Rights, should be used to unsettle this idea, to confuse our moral perceptions, to sanctify wrongs as means of general good.
Public and private morality, the freedom and safety of our national institutions, are greatly concerned in settling the claims of the "General Good.
Not a party springs up, which does not sanctify all its projects for monopolizing power by the plea of General Good.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "general good" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
