Book chapter
The Contribution of Sociology to Catholic Social Thought and the Common Good
Empirical Foundations of the Common Good, pp 91-113
27 Jul 2017
Abstract
Although “the common good” is not a term of art in sociology, sociologists are concerned to contribute to greater human flourishing. Thus, concerted sociological attention to social problems, or common “bads,” suggests an implicit sociological understanding of the common good. Beyond the admonition for all people to think critically, sociology enables us in a special way to understand how we sin not just individually but also socially and collectively through our social relations. It is toward a better understanding of such oppressive and unjust social relations and how to overcome them that sociology contributes to the common good. Such insights can provide assistance to Catholic social thought in its own understanding of the common good.
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- Title
- The Contribution of Sociology to Catholic Social Thought and the Common Good
- Creators
- Douglas V Porpora
- Publication Details
- Empirical Foundations of the Common Good, pp 91-113
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press; New York
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Communication
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85049541501
- Other Identifier
- 991019174744004721