Tag: common good

Christianity, Marxism, and the Common Good

Whenever they had power, Marxists persecuted Christians. Now, thanks to subtle propaganda, they have reappeared with the same ideas in a state of apparently unsullied ideology.

The Pontiff’s New Clothes

In the current pontificate, power is exercised in a manner reminiscent of a banana republic.

Malory’s Grail and the Common Good

Malory, like Galahad, understands an important truth: that the ultimate end of the political common good is the spiritual common good.

Constitutional Thomism: A Modest Proposal

The democratic statesman must subordinate his own interests to the good of his fellow citizens and foster the temporal political common good, which is not separated from the common good in the fullest sense: God.

The Fight for the New Right

A constant undercurrent of the conference was the oscillation between equally eloquent articulations of despair at the present and an intrinsically Christian hope for the future.

Moral Chaos Writ Large, Part II:
Restoring Ethics to the Rule of Law

Opinions will always differ on what best approximates the common good and on the utility of law as an agent of virtue in any particular case. But to imitate the liberal silence on such crucial questions is to invite radical neo-Marxists to answer them for us.