The Common Good (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Flashcards

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The Common Good
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Common good definition

Wellbeing & interests of society as a whole

Plato's view on ideal state's aim

Greatest possible happiness of city as a whole

Common good formula

Greatest benefit for largest number of people

Who developed Irish Constitution & when

Éamon de Valera in 1937

Irish name for Irish Constitution

Bunreacht na hÉireann

When do individual rights have natural limits

When they impact others or community negatively

Irish law's approach to rights vs common good

Seeks middle ground respecting both

Who discovered Derrynaflan Hoard

Michael Webb & his son

Year of Derrynaflan Hoard discovery

1981

Final compensation in Derrynaflan case

£50,000 (1987)

Derrynaflan initial court award (1986)

£5.5 million

Constitutional requirement for Irish laws

Must balance personal freedoms & public interest

Article 26 principle (1940 Act)

Individual rights need social order/common good served

Barbato Borza compulsory purchase year

1997

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