A Foundational Principle Of The Assessment Answer

Key Topics

• Introduction 
• The Common Good
• The preferential option for the poor

Choose principles of catholic social thought write about the same.

Introduction 

Catholic social thought is the principles of Catholic on the matters of the common good as well as the dignity of human in the society. It is based on the belief that there is a master plan made by God for creation. There is a plan of God to create the kingdom of justice, love, and peace. The belief also specifies that God has created a particular place for all of us irrespective of who we are. In the master plan of God, our part is not only limited to the things related to spirituals, but it includes the entire aspects of the lives of a human being (Massaro, 2015). It shows the way of praying, the way of living, the way of meeting the people in the society, the way of dealing with the difficulties of daily life, the way of behaving, etc. The principles of Catholic social thought aim at making the human being a responsible global citizen. It teaches us that we should treat all the human being as our brother and sister.

There are several principles of Catholic social thought such as the common good, the promotion of peace, global solidarity, the universal purpose of goods, the preferential option for the poor, the stewardship of creation, etc. (Massaro, 2015). 
In this paper, the Common Good, the Preferential Option for the Poor, and the life and dignity of the Human Person have been taken to study. These three principles will be discussed in this paper with their meaning and significance.

The Common Good

The common good is a foundational principle of the Catholic social thought. As a foundational principle of Catholic social thought, it is closely tangled with the human dignity which leads to solidarity. God has created a human being as a social being. Therefore, the rights of all the person should be experienced within the setting of elevation of the common good (Mommaerts and Massey, 2017). The good which comes into presence in a society of unity among equal and active agent is the common good. All the human being living in a society is responsible for the common good. They need to make necessary sacrifices in the society so that the people who are marginalized could also become active contributors to the society. Making necessary sacrifices is not the need of the society, but it is the responsibility and duty of the people who can make sacrifices in the society. The sacrifices are necessary to uplift the weaker section of the society. The people as a social being should be interdependent on each other. There should be interrelationship among each other. The Catholic social thought also focuses on the dignity of every human being. The dignity of every human being should promote the common good to uplift the weaker section of the society as well as to create interrelationship among the entire individual in society (Mommaerts and Massey, 2017).