Answer:
When asked which qualities are most important for a good society, 10,112 respondents ranked social qualities such as fairness, freedom, security and tolerance above economic concerns. Having well-paid work and the absence of poverty are important chiefly because they help people to live fuller lives.
Explanation:
The idea of a good society is essentially relational. To search for “the” good society will be akin to chasing the mirage. Men, being imperfect themselves, are currently unable to create an ideal good society, a good society that can be held as the hallmark of goodness, against which all other societies can be bench marked against in all times to come. However, this does not void the possibility of a good society in the distant future being realized through man’s mental and spiritual evolution. Till then, we must make do with comparative societal studies to evaluate their degrees of goodness.
Therefore, I will answer the question with what I believe are 3 essential and succinct relative barometers of a good society. By measuring these 3 barometers and their development over time, we can flesh out the good societies from the rest. Below I list and briefly describe what I think are the essential 3 criteria through which we can identify a good society – I present these as abstract ideas leaving out the processes of statistical measurement or bench marking.
The goodness level of a society can be gauged by a proxy study of these 3 criteria.
How society treats its seniors – the care, respect, support, and dignity the seniors receive from the society
How society treats its sick – the care, respect, support, and dignity the physically sick and the mentally sick both receive from the society
How society treats its women – the care, respect, dignity, safety women receive from the society
You asked “What makes a good society” and, in my humble opinion, it is this and nothing else
