Howard I. Schwartz Ph.D.

If everything is in common according to natural law, how can there be private...

This is the beginning of my commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s views of private property...

This is the beginning of Aquinas’s discussion of private property. Previously, I discussed Aquinas’s...

This is a continuation of my commentary on Aquinas on private property rights. ST...

Humans naturally need sustenance argues Aquinas following Aristotle.  [This is a continuation of my...

It is natural for humans to possess external things in nature, says Aquinas. This...

Only God has dominion is the third objection Aquinas raises to the claim that...

Aquinas proposes a second objection to the view that humans naturally possess things from...

We consider here Aquinas’s proposed first objection to the idea that humans naturally possess...

Aquinas conceptually separates the question of natural possession and private property. In this first...