The greater good has been defined as 'the ends justify the means.' The common good says that 'liberty resides in the means.

Robust systems have a dynamic hierarchy of nested behaviors. How many moves ahead are you able to think when playing chess? How much effort are you willing to commit to understanding the deeply nuanced structure? Probably, success is not what you think it is. Adventures require novelty. Value has interesting surprises.

It is all about value. For good outcomes, we have to value the right things to make the best choices.

All natural laws retain the balance contained within the scope of that law, no man made law can do this. It is better to understand the natural laws that govern society then to create man made laws that will not work.