Common good

The conditions that enable all people and communities to flourish, rather than benefiting only a privileged few.

The conditions of society that enable people and communities to flourish, rather than benefiting only a privileged few.

Paragraph 26 connects human dignity with the common good: the social conditions that allow people and communities to flourish. Because people across the world increasingly depend on one another, every social group must consider other groups' needs and the welfare of the whole human family.

The good of the whole community, including conditions that allow everyone to live with dignity.

Explain why a teaching supports punishment: connect justice with repairing the disorder caused by crime, or the common good with protecting people.

In evaluation, weigh individual freedom against the rights of others and the common good, then justify your conclusion.

Use Catechism 1738 to explain both the right to religious freedom and the duty of civil authorities to protect it within the limits of the common good and public order.

The conditions in society that enable everyone, rather than only a privileged group, to flourish.

This also explains the common good: society should enable everyone to flourish, not simply protect the comfort of those who already have advantages. Solidarity means recognising that other people’s suffering concerns us and acting alongside them rather than treating poverty as somebody else’s problem.

The common good means seeking conditions in which everyone can flourish. The preferential option for the poor means giving particular attention to people whose needs and voices are easily overlooked. This does not mean that God loves only poor people: it means that universal love requires a special response to those in greatest need.

The good of the whole community, including the conditions that enable people to live safely and flourish.

The conditions that enable people and communities to live securely and flourish together.

The good of everyone and each individual, rather than the advantage of only one person or group.

The good of everyone in society, rather than only the interests of particular individuals or groups.

The conditions that enable people and communities to flourish together, rather than serving only one individual's or group's interests.

The social conditions that enable all people and groups to flourish, rather than serving only a privileged few.

The wellbeing of the whole community, rather than only the interests of particular individuals or groups.

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