UN and the common good
* Choose one of the 17 UN sustainable development goals( , summarise its current status, and explain 3 or 4 challenges that make it difficult to realise the common good in relation to a local community and a global community in which you as a professional will work.
* Clearly explain to readers what the issues (challenges) are and how your understanding of the knowledge you have acquired in the unit addresses these in relation to the discipline area you are studying in.
* Please note that you do not have to come up with the ‘definitive solution’, this may form part of Assessment 3. Your tutor is looking for a well-argued view in order to move forward on the issue or problem.
* The idea is to express your thoughts clearly and concisely and make your argument as directly as you can. The challenge is to present a persuasive argument in a concise manner.
* Full referencing is required. See referencing guidelines on the UNCC300 LEO page (You can find it under Assessment Task Resources> How do I reference course materials for UNCC units).
Chooses and identifies one of the UN sustainable development goals, defines it and the principle of the common good, summarizes the goal and explains how the two relate
Provides an entirely clear, accurate and coherent definition and explanation of the UN sustainable development goal and the principle of the common good, how the two are related, and summary of the goal
Describes a local community and a global community where the student as a (current or future) professional may work
Provides an entirely clear and coherent description of a local and a global community
where the student as a (current or future) professional may work
Explains three or four challenges that make the realization of the common good difficult or impossible (i.e., in relation to the people in the communities the student has chosen).
Explains three or four challenges that make the realization of the common good difficult or impossible (i.e., in relation to the people in the communities the student has chosen), in an entirely clear, accurate and coherent way.
Discusses local and especially, global contexts
Provides an entirely clear, accurate and coherent discussion of local, and especially, global contexts.
References
– Additional resources
1. Choosing the Common Good, Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, Alive Publishing Ltd., Stoke on Trent, 2010.
2. Vote for the Common Good, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales 2001.
3. Byron, William, “Ten Building Blocks of Catholic Social Teaching”, 1998, (August 1 2017) (6 pages in total).
4. Massaro, SJ, Thomas, Living Justice : Catholic Social Teaching in Action, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015, pp.81-102.
5. Hornsby-Smith, Michael P. An Introduction to Catholic Social Thought, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006, pp104-112.
