The Dream of the Common Good: Not a Nightmare

Author

Jackson Gregory Dellinger, University of MississippiFollow

Date of Award

Spring 5-5-2022

Document Type

Undergraduate Thesis

Department

Public Policy Leadership

First Advisor

Steven Skultety

Relational Format

Dissertation/Thesis

Abstract

This paper examines an emerging position in the philosophy of law, common-good constitutionalism. In the first two parts of the paper, I explain the position and constitutionalism more generally, examining how common-good constitutionalism fits within the definition of constitutionalism providing by a neutral scholar. In the next five parts, I attempt to show that common-good constitutionalism’s preference for explicit adherence to the common good does not violate constitutionalism. In doing so, I provide an examination of common-good constitutionalism’s relationship with three important constitutional principles and the separability of common-good constitutionalism as a whole and the infamous views of its most popular adherent. In the final part, I explore some possibilities that this position makes available for the future.

Recommended Citation

Dellinger, Jackson Gregory, "The Dream of the Common Good: Not a Nightmare" (2022). Honors Theses. 2748.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/2748

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