What does voting the common good On its most basic level, the common good means building a society that benefits all
the people in it. As a philosophical idea, the common good finds deep roots in the Roman Catholic tradition, which recognizes every human life as a sacred image of God and holds that it is our social duty to ensure the each and every person has the opportunity to reach his or her full potential. mean? Watch this video and find out. This November, faith can move mountains.

Background for the Principles of the Common Good

When they gathered in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787, our nation’s founders sought to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. Today, We the People, must do all we can to create a more perfect union focused on the common good. Two thousand Catholics and other people of faith have gathered in over 40 states to develop a Platform for the Common Good that articulates shared principles about building a culture of life, promoting economic justice and peace, establishing foreign policy rooted in global solidarity and caring for God’s creation. The Platform was ratified on July 12 in Philadelphia during the Convention for the Common Good.

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