Common Good

By: Thomas Smilie

The human person is both sacred and social. We realize our dignity and rights in relationship with others in the community

Definition

Good of the Community

John Rawls once said…

“Certain general conditions that are equal to everyone’s advantage is the true meaning of Common Good “

We as Catholics teach that we are only as fortunate as the less fortunate in our community

Common Good in Today’s World

Donation to Charity

Paul Newman’s Donation

Paul Donates All

Profit to Charity

$300 MILLION

Santa Clara University. Manuel Velasquez, Claire Andre and Thomas Shanks.2008. Santa Clara University (The Jesuit University in Silicon Valley). August 18,2011.http://scu.edu/ethics/practicing/decision/commongood.html

Amitai Etzioni. The Common Good. Cambridge, UK; Polity Press, 2004

Bibliography

COOKIE TIME

Common Good

Documents

Conservation for the Common Good

Marcus Berquist, Common Good and Private Good

Design as Common Good - eprints.lancs.ac.uk

Crowdsourcing for the common good

ADVANCING THE COMMON GOOD

Common Good Group

What is the Common Good?

Armour%DeKoninck on Common Good

common ground, working for the common good

Principle of Common Good

The Common Good – A Moral Goal · The Common Good—A Moral Goal: ... and educational institutions shape individuals —who ... that does not reflect the essence of the common good

Common Good Report Fife Council

De Koninck Common Good

Common Good City Farm

03.18_The Common Good

Common Good

Common Good Approach

Innovation Is The Common Good

Stewardship of Elected Public Service Serving the Common Good, Serving the Common Good, and Maintaining Public Order

Augustinian Values - Common good