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Commonwealth And Commodity: Shakespeare's "King John", Robert J. Delahunty
Commonwealth And Commodity: Shakespeare's "King John", Robert J. Delahunty
Journal of Catholic Legal Studies
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Part I begins, as does KJ itself, with the French ambassador questioning the King’s legitimacy, and continues with a dispute between two brothers over their inheritance. The problem of just title reverberates throughout the play. Part II explores the development and moral growth of Philip Falconbridge/Sir Richard Plantagenet—“The Bastard”—the play’s central character and if there is one, its hero. Part III analyzes the two concepts whose polar opposition structures the play: “commonwealth” and “commodity.” The contrast between these two ideas is found elsewhere in Tudor literature, but Shakespeare gives it a new resonance and depth. The service of one …
Aquinas's Prohibition Of Killing Reconsidered, John Makdisi
Aquinas's Prohibition Of Killing Reconsidered, John Makdisi
Journal of Catholic Legal Studies
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St. Thomas Aquinas speaks to the heart of what it means to be human in our relationship with God when he expounds the way of the moral life in his Summa Theologiae. A classic example of the depth of his understanding is evident in his treatment of acts that knowingly kill. His style of writing is succinct and sometimes his ideas are distributed among several texts, but one can mine the riches of his thought with patient reading and reflection. This Article focuses exclusively on the extreme case where a person is certain to die if nothing is …