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Obeying Unjust Laws
St. Thomas defines law in Summa Theologiae I-II q. 90 aa. 1-4. It is an ordinance of reason for the sake of the common good made by someone bestowed with the care of the common good and promulgated. Hence, human law, which St. Thomas treats in I-II q. 95, must share the above definition in…
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Free Speech and Censorship
In the United States of America, we already know the common limits placed upon the ‘right to free speech’, though their breadth and scope leave much ambiguity. For instance, we cannot yell fire (falsely) in a theatre, cannot incite a riot or other specific acts of violence, and the formerly rarely enforced but soon to…