"If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so," founding father Thomas Jefferson expressed. ... The Summa Theologica is the best known work of Thomas Aquinas. The Summa Theologica is divided into three parts, the second part embraces Aquinas' examination of morality and law. According to Aquinas, a law is only right if it pursues good. Aquinas instilled that all human or positive laws were to be deduced by their compliance to the natural law. ...

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