Always thinking about satisfying the private good can trigger conflicts with the higher power, or even have consequences when the rules are broken. An example of this occurs in Antigone. After many conflicts and wars throughout the city, Creon, the new king, gives a decree that all the people must follow. He administers this decree with no intention of harm, but only to bring peace to a city that has recently suffered. Although disagreements arose over this decree, simply following the rules given would have been more beneficial. Going against the public good in this case resulted in the death of several family members who could have been saved if the public good had been considered. One person's selfish actions led to more suffering instead of peace throughout the city, while Creon's only intention was reconciliation. The benefits of public good continue in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, when the ever-reproducing cells of one woman, Henrietta Lacks, changed the lives of the medical world and those of many cancer patients. "...its cells were sent on early space missions to see what would happen to human cells in zero gravity, or that they contributed to some of the most important advances in medicine: the polio vaccine, chemotherapy , cloning, genetic mapping, in vitro fertilization..” (Skloot) In this case, although Henrietta and her family were immorally disenfranchised, it resulted in an epidemic for the public good. Sharing these cells with the world has brought good lives to others battling cancer, advanced cancer research, and continues to positively impact the public today. and his family was dispossessed, nevertheless the good of the world will prosper forever Obviously, the value of the public good is important when trying to achieve peace and when lives are saved, because.