Blog #7 [Make up]

 In the first page of the reading, the author fills out the CST definition of solidarity. A fundamental concept when attempting to understand how society operates, and the underlying mob/mass psychology at play. The author reasons that interdependence is not only a necessary fact but also a massive value to society. The base of solidarity seems grounded in the success of humanity such as our great architectural monuments, that took great thinkers to engineer, strong people build, and wiser ones to maintain. They then used this concept as a block to talk about two other major concepts found with CST. These are The Common Good and Participation. See that solidarity or the interdependence of one another leads to caring about the common good. They defined the common good as the understanding of the importance and value of goals beyond personal. Solidarity and the common good build on each other, because a community practicing solidarity would naturally be working towards the common good. Finally, neither would be possible without participation  which is defined through this work as experiencing and taking part in the acts of solidarity, and the acts to preserve common good. That is not to say that participation does not feed someone singularly, but that without each other, each of these terms is much less strong. Without participation , solidarity is simply not possible. Solidarity requires the moral and ethical people of the world to participate in changing, altering, or preserving the world for the common good.