History+And+Modern+Society-+(By+Ellie+Edles)

Cicero Book II discusses what a government needs for a beneficial community. Cicero emphasizes that everyone in the community needs to give back to the community and help out each other. Selfishness should not be in a community at all because the goal is to bind society together. In today’s society Jimmy Carter is an excellent example of someone who is wealthy that is giving as much as he can back to society. “Carter has been involved in a variety of national and international public policy, conflict resolution, human rights and charitable causes.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter#Post-presidency_and_legacy accessed December 8, 2007) Carter and his wife are also big contributors and volunteers to Habitat for Humanity which is an international organization devoted to building housing.

Also in today socicety are organizations that help out the out the less fortunate. The Isaiah House in Santa Anna, California is a place where the homeless have a place to stay. The people living in the Isaiah house could have a lot more materialistic things such as vacatons and newer clothes, but instead they have devoted their life to this cause. The Cathoic workers live in the Isaiah house as a full time job but get paid very little. "//Catholic Worker’s main goal was to help those suffering from poverty, mainly due in part because of the gap between the rich and poor// ..." (http://the-homeless.com/custom3.html accessed on December 10, 2007) The Isaiah House is ran independently and the main income for the Catholic workers are donations or other jobs. Citations: = =

“Post-presidency and legacy.”Jimmy Carter 2007: [45] Wikipedia.December 8 2007< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter#Post-presidency_and_legacy>
"**Santa Ana Homeless Shelter".Santa Ana Homeless Shelter 2006: thehomeless.com.December 13 2007http://the-homeless.com/custom3.html**