Common good. Social justice: All for the common good, according to its aptitudes.... System of quotas? In philosophy, ethics, and political science the common good or common weal is a specific "good" that is shared and beneficial for all or most members of a given community. The good that is common between person A and person B may not be the same as between person A and person C.
Thus the common good can often change, although there are some things — such as the basic requirements for staying alive: food, water, and shelter — that are always good for all people. Other definitions[edit] Legal[edit] Persons (either natural or legal) if joined together to achieve an objective may collectively be described as a commonwealth such as the British Commonwealth of Nations.
Utilitarianism[edit] The common good has sometimes been seen as a utilitarian ideal, thus representing "the greatest possible good for the greatest possible number of individuals". Social[edit] Catholic social teaching[edit] See also[edit] Prosperity. Prosperity is the state of flourishing, thriving, good fortune and / or successful social status.[1] Prosperity often encompasses wealth but also includes others factors which can be independent of wealth to varying degrees, such as happiness and health.
Competing notions of prosperity[edit] Economic notions of prosperity often compete or interact negatively with health, happiness, or spiritual notions of prosperity. For example, longer hours of work might result in an increase in certain measures of economic prosperity, but at the expense of driving people away from their preferences for shorter work hours.[2] In Buddhism, prosperity is viewed with an emphasis on collectivism and spirituality. Debate under economic growth[edit] Economic growth is often seen as essential for economic prosperity, and indeed is one of the factors that is used as a measure of prosperity.
Synergistic notions of prosperity[edit] Ecological perspectives[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Livelihood. A person's livelihood refers to their "means of securing the basic necessities -food, water, shelter and clothing- of life". Livelihood is defined as a set of activities, involving securing water, food, fodder, medicine, shelter, clothing and the capacity to acquire above necessities working either individually or as a group by using endowments (both human and material) for meeting the requirements of the self and his/her household on a sustainable basis with dignity. The activities are usually carried out repeatedly.[1] For instance, a fisherman's livelihood depends on the availability and accessibility of fish. The concept of Sustainable Livelihood (SL)[2][3][4][5] is an attempt to go beyond the conventional definitions and approaches to poverty eradication.
These had been found to be too narrow because they focused only on certain aspects or manifestations of poverty, such as low income, or did not consider other vital aspects of poverty such as vulnerability and social exclusion. Subjective well-being. Components[edit] There are 2 components of SWB. One is Affect Balance and the other is Life Satisfaction. An individual's scores on the 2 measures are summed to produce a total SWB score. In some cases, these scores are kept separate.[8] Affect balance[edit] Affect balance refers to the emotions, moods, and feelings a person has. Life satisfaction[edit] Measuring SWB[edit] Life satisfaction and Affect balance are generally measured separately and independently.[11] Life satisfaction is generally measured using a self-report method. Theories[edit] Theories of the causes of SWB tend to emphasise either top-down or bottom-up influences.[1] Top-down perspective[edit] In the top-down view, global features of personality influence the way a person perceives events.
Further evidence for a genetically influenced predisposition to SWB comes from findings that personality has a large influence on long-term SWB. Bottom-up perspective[edit] Personality and genetics[edit] Social Influences[edit] Quality of life. Well-being or welfare is a general term for the condition of an individual or group, for example their social, economic, psychological, spiritual or medical state; high well-being means that, in some sense, the individual or group's experience is positive, while low well-being is associated with negative happenings.
In economics, the term is used for one or more quantitative measures intended to assess the quality of life of a group, for example, in the capabilities approach and the economics of happiness. Like the related cognate terms 'wealth' and 'welfare', economics sources may contrast the state with its opposite.[1] The study of well-being is divided into subjective well-being and objective well-being. Background[edit] Cognitive[edit] Cognitive well-being is developed through assessing one’s interactions with their environment and other people. Affective[edit] Psychology[edit] When someone is experiencing well-being, they are also experiencing a few other things. Education[edit]