Individualism is usually discussed against some other term like communitarianism or collectivism. The extreme version of collectivism is "mass mind" or some other expression like that. The extreme of individualism is "sociopathy". Clearly, one wouldn't want to be the extreme of either of these things.

Moral individualism is not absolutely good or bad. The moral individualist can stand up against a community's horrible moral standards for example. The sub-categories of utilitarian individualism and expressive individualism are also not necessarily good or bad. A utilitarian individualist may invent a cure for a disease to make a profit or to save a loved one -- good still comes from it. An expressive individualist may give to charity in order to gain a public reputation as a philanthropist.

In the context of our own society, a lot of people are concerned with the effects of moral individualism, utilitarian individualism, and expressive individualism -- concerned that these orientations are being lived at the expense of community interests to a point at which they are harmful to collective life.

Your task is to be familiar with these terms and have some sense of where you stand with respect to them. Your advocacy in one direction or other is not my primary concern -- I want you to know the terms and have an attitude with respect to them.

Foundation of Ethical Conduct
Order – patterned trajectories and relationships that have continuity in time.
The importance of order.
Natural Order – supra-human, patterned pathways and relationships e.g., bees, flowers, bees and flowers. o Do other animals have social order – yes, but not as sophisticated as human.
Social Order – patterned trajectories and relationships between persons. o Unconsciously evolved social order. o Consciously evolved social order.
 Norms – patterned action between persons