The Common Good

Unalienable Rights and Foreign Policy

by Thomas F. Farr

A new commission should reaffirm the traditional place of human rights in American policy-making. Continue Reading »

9 Jul 2019

French, Ahmari, and the Common Good

by C. C. Pecknold

America's roots in the common good reach back to both Augustine and Aristotle. Continue Reading »

13 Jun 2019

Sohrab Ahmari Is Right

by Matthew Schmitz

Civility must be ordered to a higher good, or it is no good at all. Continue Reading »

4 Jun 2019

Countless commentators have observed that the public square is polarized. Political speech has become barbed. The once sober mainstream media are often shrill. It’s a sure sign of the times that people on both left and right feel under assault. Religious Americans worry that, if given a chance, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2018

Rights in Common

by Matthew D. Wright

The dazzling efficiency with which corporate America exchanges its turkeys and pumpkins for snowmen and reindeer each year confirms that our society is fully post-Christian. The occasional earnest performance of “O Holy Night” is a rule-proving exception. For the most part, endless ranks of . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2018

Civility, Consensus, Constructivism

by Peter J. Leithart

Lamenting the harshness of public discourse is understandable, but we can’t re-establish civility without common adherence to a common good. Continue Reading »

8 Sep 2017

Good and Evil in a Dublin Pub

by C. C. Pecknold

Buried somewhere under all the debris, we saw the common good. Continue Reading »

12 Sep 2016

Religion and the Common Good

by Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.

Sooner or later, every teacher hears the same old joke about the philosophy student and his dad.The dad asks, “Son, what are you going to do with that goofy degree?” And the son says, “I’m going to open a philosophy shop and make big money selling ideas.” I smile every time I hear it, . . . . Continue Reading »

24 Apr 2007