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God did not create man as a “solitary being," but wanted him to be a “social being" (cf. Gen 1:27; 2:18-20, 23).

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Revelation teaches us that human relationships should be marked by a deep gratuitousness, since in our neighbor we see, more than an equal, the living image of God, and we have to be ready to give ourselves fully, even to the ultimate extreme, for each one. 

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The social nature of the human being finds expression in the setting up of a variety of associations aimed at attaining distinct goals: “A society is a group of persons bound together organically by a principle of unity that goes beyond each one of them" (Catechism, 1880).

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The close tie between the person and life in society explains the enormous influence of society on the development of each person, and the harm that is done to the human person by living in a defectively organized society.

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Every human community needs an authority to govern it. The foundation of such authority lies in human nature.

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The moral legitimacy of authority does not stem from itself, but rather from being God's servant (cf. Rom 13:4), and is ordered to the common good. 

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The common good can be defined as “the sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily."

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Given the human being's social nature, the good of each person is necessarily related to the common good, which in turn should be directed to each one's progress (cf. Catechism , 1905 and 1912)

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The social nature of the person encompasses all human dimensions, including the transcendent one.

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The deepest truth about the person, and the ground of all human dignity, is being created in the image and likeness of God and called to communion with Him.