The Person and the Common Good

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The Person and the Common Good is a philosophical work by Jacques Maritain that explores the relationship between individual human dignity and the demands of social and political life within a Thomistic personalist framework.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
addresses foundations of human rights ⓘ
limits of political authority ⓘ
relationship between temporal and spiritual ends ⓘ
role of the state in promoting the common good ⓘ
tension between personal freedom and social order ⓘ
author Jacques Maritain ⓘ
centralConcept distinction between individual and person ⓘ
primacy of the person over the state ⓘ
social nature of the person ⓘ
the common good as more than the sum of individual interests ⓘ
the person as a spiritual and moral subject ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
genre Christian philosophy ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
social philosophy ⓘ
hasReligiousOrientation Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
influencedBy Aristotelian philosophy ⓘ
linked to: Aristotelianism

Christian personalism ⓘ
Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas
languageOfOriginalWork French ⓘ
mainTheme human dignity ⓘ
relationship between the person and the common good ⓘ
social and political life ⓘ
notableFor defense of human dignity against totalitarianism ⓘ
influence on Catholic social teaching ⓘ
systematic account of the common good in personalist terms ⓘ
originalTitle La personne et le bien commun ⓘ
philosophicalApproach personalism ⓘ
philosophicalPerspective Christian humanism ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Thomistic personalism ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Thomism ⓘ
relatedConcept natural law ethics ⓘ
solidarity ⓘ
subsidiarity ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Integral Humanism ⓘ
Man and the State ⓘ
religiousContext Catholic thought ⓘ
subjectMatter common good ⓘ
natural law ⓘ
personhood ⓘ
political community ⓘ
relationship between individual and society ⓘ
rights and duties ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed modern political society ⓘ

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Jacques Maritain → notableWork → The Person and the Common Good ⓘ
Integral Humanism → relatedWork → The Person and the Common Good ⓘ
Man and the State → relatedWork → The Person and the Common Good ⓘ