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Newman Nights: The common good and the challenge of pluralism

Published: April 16, 2013, 8 p.m.

April 16, 2013 - If we assume a fundamental pluralism, can we speak of a "common good"? If not then according to Catholic social teaching, there is nothing to legitimize the authority of government. Fr. Sweeney proposes that subsidiarity may offer a proper way out of of this conundrum. Speaker: Fr. Michael Sweeney, OP, President of Dominican School of Philosophy abd Theology, Berkeley.