407. What is the common good?
By the common good is meant the sum total of those conditions of social life which allow people as groups and as individuals to reach their proper fulfillment.
Further reading: CCC 1905-1906,1924
408. What is involved in the common good?
The common good involves: respect for and promotion of the fundamental rights of the person, the development of the spiritual and temporal good of persons and society, and the peace and security of all.
Further reading: CCC 1907-1909, 1925
By the common good is meant the sum total of those conditions of social life which allow people as groups and as individuals to reach their proper fulfillment.
Further reading: CCC 1905-1906,1924
408. What is involved in the common good?
The common good involves: respect for and promotion of the fundamental rights of the person, the development of the spiritual and temporal good of persons and society, and the peace and security of all.
Further reading: CCC 1907-1909, 1925
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