bonum
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9.9
- noun
- Formal
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bien
- But if the appropriate ranking or organization of these generic goods varies according to the temperament, talents, and circumstances of different individuals, then each individual has a distinctive summum bonum.
- the summum bonum
Summum bonum, the highest good, it must top up in something.
- Summum bonum, the highest good, it must top up in something.
Examples
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No longer was marriage described as having primary and secondary ends, with the bonum prolis ranked higher than the bonum coniugum.
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But it had certainly not been the summum bonum.
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Summum bonum, the highest good, it must top up in something.
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And doing all that was the summum bonum, she had thought.
Fiction book (1991) -
Virtue is not directly a consideration, which may dismay social conservatives, but neither is the libertarians' and liberals' summum bonum of personal autonomy.
Academic text (1997) -
Many Straussians object, however, that Locke breaks fundamentally with Aristotle and Aquinas in denying that there is any natural summum bonum for human life.
Blog text (7) -
And yet West rightly points to another passage in the Essay where Locke says that human beings "are both concerned and fitted to search out their summum bonum" (IV.12.11).
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"In this passage," West observes, "Locke admits that there is a summum bonum—not one single good for everyone, to be sure, but a genuine highest good for each person" (37).
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In philosophical discussions, the concept of bonum often refers to the ultimate good that guides moral choices.
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Many ethical theories propose that happiness is the highest bonum for human beings and should be the goal of life.
Synonyms
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3.8
A good personal quality like honesty or kindness
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1.0
The useful and pleasant parts of something that help people
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6.1
Actions or qualities that are right and help others
Compounds
How Good
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bonum is a Latin word that means 'good' and was used by ancient philosophers to name the highest goal in life. It is the same root as bonus, so bonum means the highest 'good' people try to reach.