Resurrecting the Common Good: A New (and Very Old) Conception of Leadership

Chapter 7 of The Common Good

Friends,

For the past six weeks, I’ve talked with you about how America lost its sense of the common good. Starting today and for the remaining four weeks of essays, I want to suggest what can be done to resurrect the common good.

Let’s begin with leadership. Too often, we lionize leaders who “win” — who are strong and tough enough to overcome rivals, wh…