Common Good

Common good is the good that is common to and shared by a number of persons. It is the good of a collectivity, which cannot be disaggregated. This book clearly explains the relationships between the concept of common good and the concept of justice. It analyzes the relationships between the concept of common good and the concept of public interest. It appraises the liberal view on common good which states that common good is the aggregate of the individual goods. It evaluates the communitarian view on common good which maintains that common good is the community’s good and is the source of everybody’s good. It discusses the Marxist view on common good which posits that common good is the good of one’s class. And it explores the fair and just means to obtain the common good in a modern State.