The common good

Antonio Argandona

No D/937, IESE Research Papers from IESE Business School

Abstract: The concept of the common good occupied a relevant place in classical social, political and economic philosophy. After losing ground in the Modern age, it has recently reappeared, although with different and sometimes confusing meanings. This paper is the draft of a chapter of a Handbook; it explains the meaning of common good in the Aristotelian-Thomistic philosophy and in the Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church; why the common good is relevant; and how it is different from the other uses of the term in the liberal and liberal-welfarist, communitarian and totalitarian social philosophies, and in the capabilities approach.

Keywords: Capabilities; Common Good; Liberalism; Society (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12 pages
Date: 2011-07-17
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