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The Concept of the Common Good<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Policy points<\/strong>:
\n\u2022 Appeals to the common good are often meant to discourage corruption and the pursuit of narrow self-interest, but what this good consists of is subject to debate and contestation.
\n\u2022 Invocations of community and the common good do not necessarily lead to greater inclusiveness, but may also legitimise discrimination.
\n\u2022 Politics in different social and institutional settings may or may not succeed in constructing shared notions of the common good.<\/p>\n

Abstract<\/strong>: This paper provides historical and theoretical background on the concept of the \u2018common good.\u2019 Recent scholarship on peace- and statebuilding suggests that, in deeply divided societies, there is a need to construct a shared notion of the common good as part of the political transition from war to peace. The paper provides an overview of different conceptions of the common good that developed in the history of western political thought, considers similar concepts such as \u2018public interest\u2019, and explores related ideas in non-western thought. In addition, the paper surveys contemporary theoretical debates on this subject, and points to different views on the relationship between the common good on the one hand and human rights and equality on the other.<\/p>\n

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