Life in Paradise: Food, Immortality and Sexuality
What were the lives of Adam and Eve like in the Garden of Eden?...
Howard I. Schwartz Ph.D.
Natural Rights / Rights
No Property in Paradise
According to Thomas Aquinas, private property did not exist in Paradise but arose only...
Reply to Objection 3: Overconsumption is robbery
Overconsumption is robbery, says Aquinas as he answers the third objection to private property...
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...
Thomas Jefferson, Natural Rights and the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson had a different view of rights than is commonly ascribed to the...
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...
Three Reasons Private Property Is Necessary
Aquinas gives three reasons why private property is necessary, drawing heavily from Aristotle’s Politics....
Aquinas’s Justification of Private Property
After providing three objections to private property, Aquinas now puts forward his own view...
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...
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...