Common Good Blog Series Archives

Constraint and the Common Good

Cynthia Bourgeault | September 4, 2021

From everything I’ve said so far about flow systems and keeping the infrastructure rolling, you may get the idea that any form of constraint is an intrinsic obstacle to the […]

Reimagining the Common Good: The Common Good as One, Part 2

Cynthia Bourgeault | September 1, 2021

For prior blogs in this series exploring the common good and the potential of an emerging Integral structure of consciousness, please refer to the links included below this post. This […]

Reimagining the Common Good: The Common Good as One, Part 1

Cynthia Bourgeault | August 30, 2021

The third aspect to note about the common good as it manifests in the Integral structure of consciousness is that it is, well, good. It is not just virtuous, righteous, […]

Autopoiesis: A Blog Series on the Common Good

Cynthia Bourgeault | August 17, 2021

The second major shift as we approach the question of the common good through the Integral structure of consciousness is, I believe, that we will increasingly understand it as an […]

The Common Good from an Evolutionary Perspective: A Blog Series on the Common Good

Cynthia Bourgeault | August 16, 2021

The following provides further reflections on the “Civics for Wisdom Students” theme, as introduced in the prior post EVOLUTIONARY THEORY AND THE COMMON GOOD: The Beginnings of a Wisdom Inquiry So […]

Evolutionary Theory and the Common Good: The Beginnings of a Wisdom Inquiry

Cynthia Bourgeault | June 27, 2021

One of the more surprising revelations to grow out of our winter’s pilot “Civics for Wisdom Students” project has been the growing realization that while our Constitution pays lips service […]