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Princeton's WordNet

  1. common good, commonwealnoun

    the good of a community

Wiktionary

  1. common goodnoun

    the general interest of the population as a whole.

  2. common goodnoun

    a good that is rivalrous and non-excludable

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  1. common good

    The common good refers to the overall wellbeing, benefit, or collective interests of a community or society as a whole. It emphasizes the shared good of all members, promoting fairness, equality, and opportunity. The common good can encompass various elements including basic rights, security, education, health, social justice, and environmental sustainability.

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  1. Common good

    The common good or common weal is a term that can refer to several different concepts. In the popular meaning, the common good describes a specific "good" that is shared and beneficial for all members of a given community. This is also how the common good is broadly defined in philosophy, ethics, and political science. However there is no strict definition of the common good for each situation. The good that is common between person A and person B may not be the same as between person A and person C. Thus the common good can often change, although there are some things — such as the basic requirements for staying alive: food, water, and shelter — that are always good for all people.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of common good in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of common good in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of common good in a Sentence

  1. Russell Moore:

    They're looking for someone who will lead with justice for the common good ... which is one of the reasons why I'm not spending a lot of time asking politicians to outline for me their personal testimonies, which I think in the past has often led to politicians learning what evangelical testimonies sound like in order to win evangelical voters, that in and of itself is not an issue for me.

  2. Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson:

    The Pope notes that climate is a common good, belonging to all, the same mindset which stands in the way of making radical decisions to reverse the trend of global warming also stands in the way of achieving the goal of eliminating poverty.

  3. Jeremy Corbyn:

    The common good is the aspiration of all of us.

  4. John Adams:

    Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it.

  5. Amy Klobuchar:

    On an island in the middle of the mighty Mississippi River, in our nation's heartland, at a time when we must heal the heart of our democracy and renew our commitment to the common good, I stand before you as the granddaughter of an iron ore miner, the daughter of a teacher and a newspaperman, the first woman elected to the United States Senate from the state of Minnesota, to announce my candidacy for president of the United States.


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