The Person and the Common Good (French: La personne et le bien commun) is a 1947 book about social philosophy by the French philosopher Jacques Maritain.
Summary
Following the philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas, Maritain discusses "the distinction between individuality and personality."[1]
Reception
According to the philosopher John Haldane, The Person and the Common Good is Maritain's major contribution to social philosophy.[2]
References
Footnotes
- ^ Maritain 1994, p. 1.
- ^ Haldane 2005, p. 555.
Bibliography
- Books
- Haldane, John (2005). "Maritain, Jacques". In Honderich, Ted (ed.). The Oxford Companion to Philosophy, Second Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-926479-1.
- Maritain, Jacques (1994). The Person and the Common Good. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press. ISBN 978-0268002046.