Currency and the Common Good
by Peter J. LeithartCurrency is an index of our need for one another, but can pose a danger to the polis when it becomes an object of desire in itself. Continue Reading »
The Good of Politics
by Matthew D. WrightA review of Jake Meador's In Search of the Common Good: Christian Fidelity in a Fractured World. Continue Reading »
Unalienable Rights and Foreign Policy
by Thomas F. FarrA new commission should reaffirm the traditional place of human rights in American policy-making. Continue Reading »
French, Ahmari, and the Common Good
by C. C. PecknoldAmerica's roots in the common good reach back to both Augustine and Aristotle. Continue Reading »
Sohrab Ahmari Is Right
by Matthew SchmitzCivility must be ordered to a higher good, or it is no good at all. Continue Reading »
Common Good Conservatism
by R. R. RenoCountless 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 »
Rights in Common
by Matthew D. WrightThe 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 »
Civility, Consensus, Constructivism
by Peter J. LeithartLamenting the harshness of public discourse is understandable, but we can’t re-establish civility without common adherence to a common good. Continue Reading »
Good and Evil in a Dublin Pub
by C. C. PecknoldBuried somewhere under all the debris, we saw the common good. Continue Reading »
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 »
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