What is a society? What's more important: my individual rights or the common good? Do all societies need authority figures?

In this episode, we begin our discussion of the social doctrine of the Catholic Church.

This episode covers Part Three, Section One, Chapter Two, Articles 1 and 2 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (pts 1877-1917).

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References and further reading/listening/viewing:

• The Catechism of the Catholic Church, Pts. 1877-1948

• 1 Corinthians 13

• The Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church.

• Pope Leo XIII Rerum Novarum

• Pope Pius XI, Quadragesimo Anno

• Pope John XXIII, Mater et Magistra and Pacem in Terris.

• Pope Paul VI, Populorum Progressio and Octogesima Adveniens

• Pope John Paul II

• Letter to Families

• Laborem Exercens

• Sollicitudo Rei Socialis

• Vatican II, Gaudium et Spes

• Bishop Robert Barron 

• "Pope Francis and Our Responsibility for the Common Good." YouTube.

• "Social Justice and Evangelisation" YouTube.

• Australian Catholic University. The Principles of Catholic Social Thought & The Common Good.

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. "The Common Good"

• Charles De Koninck, On the Primacy of the Common Good.

• Dir. Jessie Nelson, I Am Sam

• William Golding, The Lord of the Flies

• Dir. Darren Ashton. Razzle Dazzle

• The Catholic Encyclopedia, "Civil Authority"

• The Catholic Encyclopedia "Society"

• Catholic Relief Services, Catholic Social Teaching 101.

• Fleet Foxes, “Helplessness Blues”

• Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

• United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• We Can Be Heroes: "Ja'mie King"

• Mary Ann Glendon, Seth D. Kaplan, "Renewing Human Rights", First Things

• John Finnis, "Human Rights and the Common Good", and Natural Law and Human Rights

• Samuel Moyn, Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World 

Michael Novak, Paul Adams, Elizabeth Shaw. Social Justice Isn't What You Think It Is