The only difference between the R’s and the D’s is their definition of what “For the Greater Good” means. Our country’s founders attempted to emphasize individual liberties and rights above “for the greater good” because they knew the slippery slope that “for the greater good” can become. People have used “For the Greater Good” to commit all kinds of heinous acts, including Hilter, Stalin, Castro, etc.
I believe in libertarian principles of individual rights and a rule of law when someone’s rights are violated. If you’re willing to violate someones individual rights to get to your vision of the world utopia, your utopia is another person’s hell.