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Common Good: True or False Cards

The document discusses key principles of the common good, presenting statements and asking the reader to identify whether they are true, false, or undecided. It addresses concepts like recognizing human dignity and equality, communities taking priority over isolation, governments enabling just societies, and balancing individual and community needs.

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Common Good: True or False Cards

The document discusses key principles of the common good, presenting statements and asking the reader to identify whether they are true, false, or undecided. It addresses concepts like recognizing human dignity and equality, communities taking priority over isolation, governments enabling just societies, and balancing individual and community needs.

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The Common Good –

TRUE OR FALSE CARDS

Does not recognize the Is built upon the principle of


Is a concern for the welfare
human person is sacred and human dignity and the
of the whole
social equality of all people

Recognizes that human


Does not require a
beings realize their dignity
foundation of basic rights
and achieve their destiny in Is personal and communal
which are minimum
particular communities, not
standards for life in society
isolation

Is directed by a moral
concern that each person Is not needed to avoid the
Does not need to be active
must participate and share harmful forces of coercion,
at every level of life
in the benefits of social domination or exploitation
advances

Recognizes that
governments and political Does not need to be a
Is needed for the overall just institutions are necessary transnational/global reality
functioning of a society and have active encompassing the entire
responsibility for achieving human family
the common good

Is not utilitarian in nature:


it’s not “the greatest good
for the greatest number,” Is about me and my right to Means community needs
because this can allow for do what I want come before my own needs.
the exclusion of individuals
or even segments of society
The Common Good –
TRUE OR FALSE ACTIVITY

TRUE FALSE UNDECIDED

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