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...
Howard I. Schwartz Ph.D.
Political Philosophy
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...
Aquinas’s First Objection to Private Property: Everything is in common by natural law
If everything is in common according to natural law, how can there be private...
Aquinas On Whether Private Property is Natural or Lawful
This is the beginning of my commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s views of private property...
Aquinas on Private Property
This is the beginning of Aquinas’s discussion of private property. Previously, I discussed Aquinas’s...
Aquinas Replies to Objections on Possession of External Things
This is a continuation of my commentary on Aquinas on private property rights. ST...
Aquinas, Aristotle and the Naturalness of Sustenance (Aquinas Answer Part II)
Humans naturally need sustenance argues Aquinas following Aristotle. [This is a continuation of my...
Aquinas’s Answer: It is natural for man to possess external things
It is natural for humans to possess external things in nature, says Aquinas. This...
Objection Three: Only God Has Dominion
Only God has dominion is the third objection Aquinas raises to the claim that...
Objection One: Not natural for people to possess external things
We consider here Aquinas’s proposed first objection to the idea that humans naturally possess...