Is the “common good” another name for the Golden Rule? Is the “common good” another name for the Golden Rule? What should the common good mean for Catholics? — J. B. Dear J.B.: When put into practice, the Golden Rule — “do unto others what you would have them do unto you” — contributes to the common good, but the two are not the same. We find the Golden Rule in the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospe...