If I understood correctly, the return to basic decency in relations is the answer stated in the conclusion.
What is that if not complete respect for individual rights?
The problem with the common good theme in catholic circles is that it's always poisoned with veiled utilitarianism and consequentialism.
Common good is not and end, but a state in which all men are the most optimal in their pursuit for their own good (to be in a state of grace).
That state is totally incompatible with any violating of individual rights.
Liberalism at its inception is christian and correct.
Both liberal born ideologies and the Church's interpretation of liberalism by its fruits and not its origin are the problem.
Break the vicious circle. Forget ideologies and embrace ideas. Liberalism as a notion of property rights and individual freedom is a good idea, christian to the core.
Can you substantiate your claim that the common good is a form of utilitarianism? If that is the foundational thrust of its dismissal we are likely dealing with equivocal notions of it.
Where individual rights neglect the good there is no decency. Thus the point is not to dismiss rights but regulate them.
If I understood correctly, the return to basic decency in relations is the answer stated in the conclusion.
What is that if not complete respect for individual rights?
The problem with the common good theme in catholic circles is that it's always poisoned with veiled utilitarianism and consequentialism.
Common good is not and end, but a state in which all men are the most optimal in their pursuit for their own good (to be in a state of grace).
That state is totally incompatible with any violating of individual rights.
Liberalism at its inception is christian and correct.
Both liberal born ideologies and the Church's interpretation of liberalism by its fruits and not its origin are the problem.
Break the vicious circle. Forget ideologies and embrace ideas. Liberalism as a notion of property rights and individual freedom is a good idea, christian to the core.
Can you substantiate your claim that the common good is a form of utilitarianism? If that is the foundational thrust of its dismissal we are likely dealing with equivocal notions of it.
Where individual rights neglect the good there is no decency. Thus the point is not to dismiss rights but regulate them.