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Private means for public ends?
We’ve given contributors to this special feature of Alliance a particularly difficult task. We’ve asked them to bring together the notion of the common good with the principle and practice of philanthropy and to discern …
Pursuing the common good: The bureau of world weather control
The pursuit of the ‘common good’ may seem a straightforward human aspiration. However, it doesn’t take much digging down to realise it is anything but… Imagine a future (presumably not too distant) when a Bureau …
Peer dialogue: It’s time to fly…
Women in Africa president Hafsat Abiola talks to guest editor Judith Symonds and expert philanthropy consultant Julie Fry, about her work with the democracy movement in Nigeria, how the climate crisis is fundamentally a trust issue and …
Harmony and social cohesion to the fore
Despite radical change in ways of giving, traditional community values remain central for Asian donors The notion of the common good in Asia has long been grounded in shared cultural values of community harmony and …
A new paradigm for the common good
Highlights of a survey that explores a new framework for the common good from different perspectives and cultures As part of this special feature, the Pursuit of the Common Good initiative (PCG) undertook a perception …
The common good from a regional point of view
As this special feature has made clear, not only do ideas of what the common good is differ across regions, but the way in, and extent to, which philanthropy is engaged in furthering the common …
Can we teach the common good?
Pursuit of the common good rests on equipping people to debate and perceive where it might lie. Philanthropy can help in this The aftermath of the 2020 US election cast a light on a crisis …
Pursuing the common good: The importance of the humanities to humanity
The dynamic approach of a government grantmaking agency is harnessing pursuit of the common good ‘Democracy demands wisdom and vision in its citizens,’ declares the US legislation that created the National Endowment for the Humanities …
Looking after the natural common goods
Preservation of the common good must be a common endeavour, however philanthropy has a specific and important role to play The Valle de Bravo-Amanalco basin is one of the fountains of Central Mexico’s environmental wealth. …
Digital technologies and the common good
Managing resources in common in a world of digital/physical intermingled experiences requires new systems of governance, new systems for building trust, and new processes for repairing failures Fifty years after early techies welcomed each other …
