American character: a history of the epic struggle between individual liberty and the common good

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (12) ◽  
pp. 53-5430-53-5430
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
Individual Liberty ◽  
American Character ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Common

scholarly journals Thomas Aquinas’ influences inInfanteD. Pedro’ “Virtuosa Benfeitoria”: Scholastic tradition in History and History of Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Terezinha Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
Thomas Aquinas ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Common ◽  
Social Project ◽  
Methodological Principles ◽  
The One ◽  
The University

The considerations on the book “VirtuosaBenfeitoria” aim atevaluating the relevance of a social project to guide the actions of the ruler and theindividuals, with a view to practical actions that converge to the common good. The infant D. Pedro, also known as the Duke of Coimbra, wrote the work. The central focus of the book is to address the sense of improvement and how the prince should practice and bestow it and how the subjects would receive and practice it. The arguments of D. Pedro to deal with the good and the society are strongly influenced by classical authorities and authors of scholasticism, especially Thomas Aquinas. In this sense, on the one hand our study seeks to show that such knowledge was essential for him to understand the plots that build human relationships, whose premises, to him, should be the ones leading society towards the common good;on the other hand, the goal is to analyze the work we regard as essential theoretical and methodological principles of history that allow us to recover, through memory, historical events that potentially guide us through paths that show the relevance of the Master of the University, as a vector in the organization of a given society. 

Justice Beyond Borders – Extraterritorial Obligations from Thucydides to Grotius

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 234-248
Author(s):  
Tilmann Altwicker
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
Use Of Force ◽  
Early History ◽  
History Of Ideas ◽  
Legitimate Authority ◽  
Moral Obligations ◽  
Moral Concepts ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Common

The article traces the problem of extraterritorial obligations in the early history of ideas, spanning from Thucydides to Grotius. Extraterritorial obligations are defined here as moral obligations of a legitimate authority to perform or not to perform an act vis-à-vis individuals who are not its subjects. The article shows that arguments about justice beyond the border rely on transnational conceptions of the common good. In the early history of ideas concerning extraterritorial obligations, the following questions were central: Can there be a transnational meaning of moral concepts? Are extraterritorial obligations merely negative obligations? Is the extraterritorial pursuit of state interests limited by higher-ranking principles? Under which circumstances is the extra-territorial use of force permitted in order to protect individuals?

In memory of N.I. Pirogov

1911 ◽  
Vol 11 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 5-9
Author(s):  
F. Ya. Chistovich
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Spiritual Power ◽  
Human Culture ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Right

The significance of individual peoples in the history of human culture is determined by the outcome of scientific inventions and ideological conquests, which they brought to the general progress. The spiritual power of the nation is composed of the efforts of individuals working for the common good by disseminating scientific knowledge and moral ideas. But new ideas are not born every day; they are created by the creativity of outstanding people, national generations, whose spiritual influence does not stop with death, but experiences the personality and bears fruit in the course of centuries and generations. All cultural peoples can proudly read on the pages of their history those immortal names that gave them the right to go in the first ranks along the path of progress. People's heroes are the guarantee of the vitality of the whole nation.

Subsidy and Reform in 1321: The Accounts of Najac and the Policies of Philip V

Traditio ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 399-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. R. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Economic Reform ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
Constitutional History ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
Grand Design ◽  
History Of ◽  
Complete Failure ◽  
The Common

The year 1321 is crucially important in the history of the development of French constitutional and political activity, for it was then that Philip V, the most inventive and imaginative of the sons of Philip the Fair, attempted to utilize assemblies of different sorts for an unprecedented purpose, to secure from the kingdom of France a grant of funds in time of peace to support a program of administrative and economic reform. His predecessors had had some success in securing levies for the defense of the realm, and, like them, Philip had raised money for campaigns against the Flemings. Neither Philip nor the kings who had ruled before him had, however, tried to obtained the active cooperation of the kingdom in advancing the welfare of France by introducing improvements which were totally unrelated to the needs of defense. It is a testimony to Philip's vision that he made such an attempt, abortive though it proved to be, for in the end his work came to nothing, and early in 1322 Philip died. While the complete failure of Philip's plans, which have fittingly been termed his ‘Grand Design,’ meant that 1321 would not become a landmark in French constitutional history, it does not make the brief episode any the less interesting. Its details illustrate the practical difficulties involved in the execution of such a project, and help explain why the evolution of viable institutions to facilitate cooperation between ruler and ruled to promote the common good were so halting, and why instances of such cooperation are so rare.

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