期刊名称：Alpha Omega : rivista di filosofia e teologia dell'Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum
出版年度：2007
卷号：X
期号：3
出版社：Athenaeum Pontificium Regina Apostolorum
摘要：The author analyzes the tensions that exist between unity and plurality in the modern free society and shows how these tensions can be understood in the light of principles of Catholic social thought. A movement toward plurality celebrates the diversity present in society and exerts a centrifugal force on culture, splitting it into as many parts as possible. Meanwhile, a concurrent movement toward political correctness exerts a contrary, centripetal force that works to insure uniformity of speech and customs. These contrary tendencies are irresolvable as long as the will is granted supremacy over reason and the 揼ood?is understood only in terms of autonomy. The Catholic principle of the common good provides the key with which to read and resolve these diverse tendencies by showing that the particular good of the individual and the common welfare of society complement and implicate one another. The rule of law truly serves the common good when it recognizes that objective principles of justice exist outside the system itself, and that the system exists in order to advance them and is ultimately accountable to them. The division of political powers has value not merely because it imposes a system of checks and balances on personal will and self-interest, but because it promotes justice and the common good.
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