Common Good

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Common Good
Patrick Frazier Elizabeth Kaiser Colleen
Kelley Tyler Knight
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Definition of Term

• Belonging to or shared by each other or all
• The product of a particular process ( democratic
  process)
• What would be good for the enterprise to which a
  group of individuals of that enterprise
• Good for the team might be destructive for the
  public
• may make decision on personal gain
• Good- doing what is right and proper
• assumed that certain states of being were good by
  nature and that humankind could come to know at
  least in part the character of that good
• god is common good

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Civil Rights Movement

• Civil Rights Movement set into motion with
  Reconstruction
• Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his I Have
  a Dream Speech
• President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of
  1964
• Act prohibits discrimination of all kinds based
  on race, color, religion, or national origin
• also provides the federal government with the
  powers to enforce desegregation

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Historical Figure Martin Luther King Jr

• Famous leader in the American Civil Rights
  movement
• Most influential words I Have a Dream Speech
• Blacks and whites coexist as equals
• Defining moment of the Civil Rights Movement
• Youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• Peacemaker
• Nonviolence protest
• Equal treatment for all races

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Letter

• Dear Cathedral Students,
• Im honored that I was chosen to be your
  philanthropist for the common good. As you know,
  I dedicated most of my life fighting in the Civil
  Rights Movement. I always believed in standing up
  for whats right, as exemplified in my I Have a
  Dream speech. As an African American, growing
  up in the South and being raised as a Baptist,
  the Civil Rights Movement had a major effect on
  my life. I simply could not stand back and watch
  as my peers were treated so unjustly.

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Letter cont.

• One of my proudest moments, as a philanthropist,
  was receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. I
  dont know if you know this but I was the
  youngest man, second American, and third black
  man to receive this honorary award. Youre
  right, it wasnt always easy to fight this war of
  segregation but my hard work paid off. I wanted
  to make the world a better place and I always
  dreamed for a better future for all people, and
  not just African Americans. Although my name is
  most commonly associated with the Civil Rights
  Movement, I couldnt have done it without the
  help of other passionate people.

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Importance in Letter

• Dedicated 13 years of his life fighting in the
  Civil Rights Movement
• Best known for his I have a Dream speech
• Won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964
• Worked towards equality and a better future
• Martin Luther King Jr. can be associated with
  common good because he did his work to help and
  benefit everyone, not just the African Americans
  or just the working class

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Importance of Common Good

• Common Good exists when people come together to
  form an organization, partnership, or country
• The purpose of organizations is to form a common
  defense or protection of society
• Organizations strengthen democracy by uniting
  different groups of people
• Organizations strive to make life better for
  society as a whole
• Without common good, there would be no other
  reason to form an association
• Ex Habitat for Humanity is an existing
  organization in the democracy of America that has
  been created to help the homeless in our country
  for the common good