Exploration of Political Common Good, Natural Inclinations, and Natural Law According to Aquinas

The chapter explores Aquinas's views on political common good, natural inclinations, and natural law, highlighting the hierarchical structure of goods, limitations of state power, religious liberty, and the idea that the state is bound by superior common goods. It also discusses Aquinas's belief in eternal law as a rational expression and natural inclinations as a basis for natural law promoting human flourishing and freedom.