by Brian Coman
In Part One of this essay, Brian Coman described distributism as an application of the principle of subsidiarity aimed at enabling human flourishing. That is, it takes seriously the judgement that the family is the first and closest human community and thus must be supported where faltering and left alone where it is doing its job well. Attachments and rights and responsibilities radiate outwards from the family in concentric circles of interdependency to local communities and ev…