The_Person_and_the_Common_Good

<i>The Person and the Common Good</i>

The Person and the Common Good

1947 book by Jacques Maritain

The Person and the Common Good (French: La personne et le bien commun) is a 1947 book about social philosophy by the French philosopher Jacques Maritain.

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Summary

Following the philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas, Maritain discusses "the distinction between individuality and personality."[1]

Reception

According to the philosopher John Haldane, The Person and the Common Good is Maritain's major contribution to social philosophy.[2]

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Footnotes

  1. [1]
    Maritain 1994, p. 1.
  2. [2]
    Haldane 2005, p. 555.

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