Although the concept of the common good has been subject to normative theorising for millennia, it is now widely understood as an "essentially contested concept," leading scholars to argue that, in ...

Some topics are hard to define. They are nebulous; their meanings are elusive. Topics relating to morality fit this description. So do those that are subjective, meaning different things to different ...

On March 31, 2020, when the United States was on Covid-19 lockdown, The Atlantic published “Beyond Originalism,” a cerebral essay by the Harvard Law professor C. Adrian C. Vermeule ’90. The essay ...

National Review has posted the first half of Dan McLaughlin's interview with Justice Amy Coney Barrett about her new book and other matters. The interview covers a range of topics, including ...

The McKeen Center for the Common Good announces a new pilot program and invites proposals from students for projects that advance the common good, foster collaboration, and strengthen campus–community ...

Abilio Almeida is a social scientist at the Communication and Society Research Centre (CECS) of the University of Minho in Braga, Portugal, and the author of The Future of Television (2024). Long ...

In a recent NRO interview, Justice Amy Coney Barrett said she did not "like this common good constitutionalism movement," suggesting it was too "results-oriented." At the New Digest, Professor Adrian ...

Making decisions about public policy is no simple task. It requires balancing interests, exercising our values and making choices among competing ideas. When we vote, should we favor candidates who ...

The common good appears to be as much about process as it is about outcomes and the people who comprise the community for whom the good is sought (Wilson, 2023), suggesting a tripartite structure of ...

Some topics are hard to define. They are nebulous; their meanings are elusive. Topics relating to morality fit this description. So do those that are subjective, meaning different things to different ...