The Person and the Common Good | |
Title Orig: | La personne et le bien commun |
Translator: | John J. Fitzgerald |
Author: | Jacques Maritain |
Country: | France |
Language: | French |
Subject: | Social philosophy |
Published: | 1947 |
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Isbn: | 978-0268002046 |
The Person and the Common Good (fr|La personne et le bien commun) is a 1947 book about social philosophy by the French philosopher Jacques Maritain.
Following the philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas, Maritain discusses "the distinction between individuality and personality."
According to the philosopher John Haldane, The Person and the Common Good is Maritain's major contribution to social philosophy.