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Private property and slavery are both
{ 1 } - forbidden by natural law -- since a "state of nature" would have neither.
{ 2 } - devised by human reason for the benefit of human life.
{ 3 } - none of the above.
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Private property and slavery are both
{ 1 } - forbidden by natural law -- since a "state of nature" would have neither.
{ 2 } - devised by human reason for the benefit of human life.
{ 3 } - none of the above.
What there was in a "state of nature" prior to society has no moral significance. For example, clothes are provided, not by nature, but by human effort; but this doesn't make clothes bad.
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Private property and slavery are both
{ 1 } - forbidden by natural law -- since a "state of nature" would have neither.
{ 2 } - devised by human reason for the benefit of human life.
{ 3 } - none of the above.
Aquinas actually says this! Presumably he was influenced by the moral standards of his society.
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Private property and slavery are both
{ 1 } - forbidden by natural law -- since a "state of nature" would have neither.
{ 2 } - devised by human reason for the benefit of human life.
{ 3 } - none of the above.
He does lump both of these together.
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