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...
Howard I. Schwartz Ph.D.
Private Property Rights
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...
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, 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 Two: The Wealthy Don’t Own What They Produce
Aquinas proposes a second objection to the view that humans naturally possess things from...