Unanimity

We looked at goodwill; the start of friendship. It is similar to delight; the start of love. It is possible to have goodwill but not actually know a person and it is possible to delight in someone you don't know. But it isn't possible to be a friend without goodwill or be in love without delight. The terms goodwill and friendship get used interchangeably at times but you really have to interact to be an actual friend. A person might have goodwill toward an athlete and know everything about them but until they interact favorably toward each other, they aren't really friends in the strict sense. We use the word love interchangeably with delight but actually have to know a person, miss them and hate being apart to be in love. Goodwill is based in some kind of excellence or worth while delight is in a person's form or being.

The next concept is unanimity. We use the word unity today. Everyone has different tastes and passions so there will never be unity in everything. But they do have necessary things and when we cooperate, it can improve all of our lives. Passions get in the way of this since everyone has opinions of what is necessary, so finding common ground can be an arduous task. Good leadership will do this and help all parties walk away with some amount of satisfaction. It doesn't matter if it is a parent group or a government, getting along forms a good atmosphere that gets things done so all benefit.  An important part of this is that no one is overlooked but each person's interests are important and are respectfully a part of every decision. Identifying and coming to agreement is easy for good people since they seek what is just and good for everyone.

We always address where things go wrong and the deviation from unity is faction. What happens when bad people are involved in decisions is that factions are formed. They look out only for their own interests and disregard everyone else. Their opinion is the only one that matters.When in public office, they criticize everyone else while reaping more benefits than they deserve. Those with bad character have a hard time being friends with people so it follows that they don't govern well either. They delight in putting compulsion on others and justice for them is getting back at people..Having factious people involved in making decisions destroys unity for everyone.