The Common Good as Renewing Axis for International Development Cooperation

The common good is the set of sustainable living conditions that allow people and communities to carry out their reasoned and valued life plans. It is different from the simple sum of individual projects based on maximizing utility or negative or positive freedom. The common good is the background of a personalist anthropology compatible with the sustainability of life. Given that the common good creates relational bonds based on the value of living together and to be able to live free from misery, it might be seen as a renewing axis for international development cooperation.