The Josias Podcast The Josias Podcast, Episode I: Basic Concepts – The Common Good
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Oct 4, 2017 AI Snips
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Common Good vs Factional Good
- The common good initially contrasts with the good of particular factions, focusing on what benefits all citizens.
- Aristotle highlights good regimes as those ordered toward the common good, not factional advantage.
Contemplation as Shared Common Good
- Augustine's city of God ties happiness and contemplation to a shared common good, God.
- Heavenly city's peace arises from all contemplating the same divine good, uniting the community in order.
Aristotle's Two Levels of Happiness
- Aristotle differentiates between moral and intellectual virtues as levels of happiness.
- Practical virtues prepare one for contemplation, with political community promoting moral virtue through civic friendship.