Howard I. Schwartz Ph.D.

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

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

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...

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