Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Catholic Social Doctrine and Political Philosophy
Part 1: The Human Person,the Political Community, and the Common Good
I. The Dignity of the Human Person, Human Rights, and Natural Law
2. The Meaning of the Common Good
3. Seeking the Common Good through Virtue and Grace
4. Seeking the Common Good through Justice and Social Justice
5. Seeking the Common Good through Law and Public Policy: Same-Sex Marriage, the Life Questions,and Biotechnology
Part 2: Civil Society and the Common Good: Three Mediating Institutions
6. Civil Society and the Church
7. Civil Society, the Family, and the Principle of Subsidiarity
8. Civil Society, the Catholic University, and Liberal Education
Part 3: Private Property and the Universal Destination of Goods
9. The Economy, Work, Poverty,and Immigration
10. Safeguarding and Sustaining the Environment
Part 4: The International Community and Justice
11. The International Community
12. Just-War Principles
Conclusion: The Tension between Catholic Social Doctrine and the Proponentsof Religion as a Private Affair
Appendix: Pope Benedict XVI’s Caritas in veritate
Bibliography
Index