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Summa Theologica
•-St. Thomas Aquinas introduced a combination of right
reason and justice and equity, infusing it with profound
Law (jus) - is an ordinance of right reason for the
common good and happiness, laid down by him
who has the care and welfare of the whole
community, and made public by those in authority
to those who are subject to it.
- As an ethical (moral)
virtue
- As a juristic (secular)
norm
As an ethical or moral virtue
-Justice is considered to be inherent in
every person
•Extension
•Contraction
•Super imposition of something
different
Basis: assumption that it is for the
welfare of the community