Reply to Objection 3: Overconsumption is robbery
Overconsumption is robbery, says Aquinas as he answers the third objection to private property...
Howard I. Schwartz Ph.D.
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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...
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...
The Second Human Competence with Private Property
In a surprise move, Aquinas bases the virtue of alms on the second human...
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...
Objection Two: The Wealthy Don’t Own What They Produce
Aquinas proposes a second objection to the view that humans naturally possess things from...