tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876502085465766394.post5986732922575931733..comments2024-01-17T03:08:25.317-06:00Comments on The Progressive Catholic Voice: Two Catholic Bishops, Conscience, and the Common GoodPCV Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12519134580470262558noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876502085465766394.post-81060122186768272632009-06-16T00:58:20.085-05:002009-06-16T00:58:20.085-05:00This article begs the question: Does the common go...This article begs the question: Does the common good exist? Can it be known?<br /><br />Or are there merely competing conceptions of what is good? If this is the case, and if every other person's idea of the good stands alone, what is the purpose of a common life in society?<br /><br />In such a world, "Everyone else is considered an enemy from whom one has to defend oneself. Thus society becomes a mass of individuals placed side by side, but without any mutual bonds. Each one wishes to assert himself independently of the other and in fact intends to make his own interests prevail." (Evangelium Vitae, 20)CDEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01442791960391683444noreply@blogger.com