Tyranny, government, and business

rabsteen:

Exactly why we need a mechanism to resolve these types of disputes. I suggest that the idea of the public good can go far to mitigate these types of competing claims. Libertarianisms’ focus on individuals is notably silent on these issues. 

And what constitutes the public good? How can a single entity (government being the only thing that can affect society in its entirety) come up with a solution that benefits everyone and hampers no one? That, it would seem to me, is the ideal good for the public. Help the greatest number of people? What if the benefits are negligable and the hinderences great? Is that the ethically best solution for the public good? I’m not trying to attack the issue here, I’m just curious how “the idea of the public good” can manage the reality of these issues.