Abstract
In the previous chapter, the author explored the important distinction between internal and external goods as a way to expand our understanding of what is good. In this chapter, the author focuses a second distinction between individual and shared goods to further augment the conception of what is good. In brief, individual goods are those that an individual can possess, such as money, talent, or pleasure, whereas shared goods are those that can only be possessed together with others, including democracy, solidarity, or teamwork. The chapter also argues that psychological theorists, researchers, and practitioners have rather unreflectively adopted a predominant individualism that obscures and distorts essential aspects of the shared life central to our humanity. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)