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Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Catholic Social Doctrine and Political Philosophy 1 Part One The Human Person, the Political Community, and the Common Good 1. The Dignity of the Human Person, Human Rights, and Natural Law 35 2. The Meaning of the Common Good 81 3. Seeking the Common Good through Virtue and Grace 113 4. Seeking the Common Good through Justice and Social Justice 143 5. Seeking the Common Good through Law and Public Policy: Same-Sex Marriage, the Life Questions, and Biotechnology 168 Part Two Civil Society and the Common Good: Three Mediating Institutions 6. Civil Society and the Church 215 7. Civil Society, the Family, and the Principle of Subsidiarity 254 8. Civil Society, the Catholic University, and Liberal Education 281 Part Three Private Property and the Universal Destination of Goods 9. The Economy, Work, Poverty, and Immigration 315 10. Safeguarding and Sustaining the Environment 342 viii Contents Part Four The International Community and Justice 11. The International Community 377 12. Just-War Principles 403 Conclusion: The Tension between Catholic Social Doctrine and the Proponents of Religion as a Private Affair 427 Appendix: Pope Benedict XVI’s Caritas in veritate 447 Bibliography 467 Index 487 ...