Dragonlich

That's the "Western" worldview. Islam, Orthodoxy (to an extend), African culture, Chinese/Japanese culture... they're all more interested in the group as a whole.

In the end, there must always be a balance between individualism on the one hand, and group feeling on the other. Without the group, the individual is pretty much powerless, whereas a group without individualism tends to be bad for deviants. Individualism is good when it's used in a positive way, but it can also lead to evil ("I am important, the rest isn't, therefore I am allowed to do whatever I want"). Likewise, groups are good too, but have their darker sides ("We are the best, the rest is inferior and should be killed").