Essay On Common Good

During modern times many men and women have proposed the idea of living in peace, no war, no famine, no poverty. They have thrown out ideas of the “common good” and “human rights” that seem to elude societies all around the world. The common good refers to promoting a positive action that promotes society as a whole. Human rights refer to every human being, if they be wealth or poor to have the same rights as each other and that those rights can never be taken away, that every human soul is equal. In today’s world, we can see the struggles of trying to live together, that the civil rights movement is rising to the surface of media and nation news. These ideals along with how humans should live together have been a hot topic in social issues. …show more content…
George says that “the general welfare, the common good, all require that government be limited (George, 2008).” For a limited government to be achieved the world must succumb to liberalism, but at the same time the government does so much during this time of non-world peace. The governments of the world have many responsibilities including “defending the nations from attack and subversion, protecting people from physical assaults and various other forms of depredation, and maintaining public order (George, 2008).” In the article, George discuses that government is a necessity, that the government has a role in subsidiary for the people of its nation, to “support the work of the families, religious communities, and other institutions of civil society, caring for those in need, encouraging people to meet their responsibilities to one another while also discouraging them from harming themselves or others (George, 2008).” When trying for form a world of where everyone can live together in peace, “limited government is a key for classic liberalism (George, 2008),” but at the same time living in the world we do today, a limited government is not best for the nations of the