Tag Archive for "Aquinas on Private Property"

No Property in Paradise

Jul 31, 2015

No Property in Paradise

According to Thomas Aquinas, private property did not exist in Paradise but arose only...

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Reply to Objection 3: Overconsumption is robbery

Jul 5, 2015

Reply to Objection 3: Overconsumption is robbery

Overconsumption is robbery, says Aquinas as he answers the third objection to private property...

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Reply to Objection 2: Taking too many seats in the theater

Jul 4, 2015

Reply to Objection 2: Taking too many seats in the theater

Is private property like someone taking too many seats in the theater? Aquinas here...

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Reply to Objection 1: Private Property Does Not Contradict Natural Law

Jul 3, 2015

Reply to Objection 1: Private Property Does Not Contradict Natural Law

Private property does not contradict natural law, in which everything is in common. Aquinas...

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The Second Human Competence with Private Property

Jul 2, 2015

The Second Human Competence with Private Property

In a surprise move, Aquinas bases the virtue of alms on the second human...

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Three Reasons Private Property Is Necessary

Jul 1, 2015

Three Reasons Private Property Is Necessary

Aquinas gives three reasons why private property is necessary, drawing heavily from Aristotle’s Politics....

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Aquinas’s Justification of Private Property

Jun 30, 2015

Aquinas’s Justification of Private Property

After providing three objections to private property, Aquinas now puts forward his own view...

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Aquinas’s Third Objection to Private Property: Let no man call his own that which is common property

Jun 29, 2015

Aquinas’s Third Objection to Private Property: Let no man call his own that which is common property

Aquinas now poses the third objection to private property appealing to St. Ambrose. This...

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Aquinas’s Second Objection to Private Property: Don’t take too many seats in the theater

Jun 27, 2015

Aquinas’s Second Objection to Private Property: Don’t take too many seats in the theater

A rich person who keeps too much surplus is like a theater goer who...

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Aquinas on the Relationship of Natural Law and Human Law

Jun 23, 2015

Aquinas on the Relationship of Natural Law and Human Law

How does Aquinas understand private property’s relationship to natural law? This question is a...

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