Pari Perspectives 7: The Common Good – Print Edition

Our March 2021 issue of Pari Perspectives has as its theme ‘The Common Good,’ a concept that has been an important concern of moral and political philosophy since ancient times. In 2004 the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace defined it as ‘the sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily.’ Each of the essays address community and the common good: Gavin Andersson tells us we how we should be organising for life rather than simply against inequity, injustice and power elites. A number of…