A comparison of Hegel and Levinas shows two different approaches to the other. Hegel believes that through the dialectic process everyone becomes part of a communal spirit that transcends differences. The other is incorporated with the self and everyone is for everyone else. Levinas believes that an openess to the other as complete difference is the start of an ethical system. The other must be recognized in order to find the good in all actions. What must be distinguished is that dealing with difference inside of a group prepares one in dealing with the other outside of the group.