Jul 5, 2015
Reply to Objection 3: Overconsumption is robbery
Overconsumption is robbery, says Aquinas as he answers the third objection to private property...
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Jul 4, 2015
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...
Jul 3, 2015
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...
Jul 2, 2015
The Second Human Competence with Private Property
In a surprise move, Aquinas bases the virtue of alms on the second human...
Jul 1, 2015
Three Reasons Private Property Is Necessary
Aquinas gives three reasons why private property is necessary, drawing heavily from Aristotle’s Politics....
Jun 30, 2015
Aquinas’s Justification of Private Property
After providing three objections to private property, Aquinas now puts forward his own view...
Jun 29, 2015
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...
Jun 27, 2015
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...
Jun 23, 2015
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...
Jun 23, 2015
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...