Individuálna sloboda a spolocné dobro z pohladu Jacqua Maritaina
Individual freedom and the common good from the point of view of Jacques Maritain

Summary/Abstract: The concepts of individual and common are opposite. At first glance, it seems that if freedom is individual, it can hardly be merged with the common good. In practice, this is most evident in societies that are built on individualistic foundations; then the common good recedes into the background. The common good itself is understood differently. Sometimes it is understood as the good of the individuals involved, other times as the good of the community as a whole. What we mean by the common good determines to what extent society can make demands on individuals for the common good and where it must stop because it would endanger the person. On the other hand, the point at which the demands of the individual must give way in favour of the common good also depends on this. A balanced position between individual freedom and the common good is offered by the personalist thought of J. Maritain.

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